Jeremy Tingly of nhltraderumors speculates that the Andersson trade is down to 4 teams:
1) Carolina Hurricanes: He claims that trade discussions went pretty deep in trade conversations this summer. They have a nice prospect base, including D Noel Fransen, D Scott Morrow, D Simon Forsmark, D Dominik Badinka, D Kurban Limatov, C Ivan Ryabkin, RW Nikita Artamonov (!), LW Oskar Vuollet, LW Alexander Perevalov, RW Justin Poirier, RW Felix Unger-Sorum, D Aleksei Heimosalmi, and C Bradly Nadeau.
2) Detroit: Dylan Larkin was vocal in his disappointment that Yzerman sat on his hands at the trade deadline, so Tingly speculates that they have been active this summer- and they brought in Gibson in net. Picking up Andersson would mean that Justin Holl wouldn't be as depended on for important minutes. Detroit would be excellent trade partners IMO, as they have young roster players like C Marco Kasper, and D Simon Edvinsson (who they probably wouldn't part with), along with prospects like C Nate Danielson (!), D Axel Sandin-Pellikka (!), RW Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (!), D William Wallinder, C Max Plante, RW Eddie Genborg, C Noah Dower-Nilsson, C Michal Svrcek, D Nikita Tyurin, RW Jesse Kiiskinen (!), D Shai Buium (!), and LW/C Carter Bear (!).
3) New Jersey: Tingly wonders if Dougie Hamilton would return to Calgary, and states that the Devils want to shake things up- with Dawson Mercer still being Calgary's #1 target. There's also D Simon Nemec, D Seamus Casey, D Anton Silayev (no way they trade him), C Conrad Fondrk, RW Kasper Pikkarainen, RW Lenni Hameenaho (!), C Gustav Hillstrom, and RW Ben Kevan.
4) Toronto: Tingly says that Andersson would be a good replacement for Morgan Reilly, with his future in TO being a hot topic this off-season. Problem is, I don't think they have much to offer that we would want, as I doubt they would trade Easton Cowan. There's RW William Belle, C Tinus Luc Koblar, D William Villeneuve, D Noah Chadwick, D Ben Danford, and C Tyler Hopkins (!).
Anyway, something to chew on in this boring off-season...
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