2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

Unless it’s somewhere you don’t want to be, especially if the place you really want to go to doesn’t have the assets to trade for you and you can just sign with them in a few months anyway…….without making them give up good pieces to acquire you

I’m going to say he signs with whoever trades for him in short order. We will see

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

Unless it’s somewhere you don’t want to be, especially if the place you really want to go to doesn’t have the assets to trade for you and you can just sign with them in a few months anyway…….without making them give up good pieces to acquire you

It’s kind of crummy but if Conroy has set up wings deals with and without an extension, then Rasmus knows he is going anyways. Just depends on how long, and on how he and his wife want to navigate the next ~6 months. Family separation and moving twice both sound like bites out of a poop sandwich.

[Ryan Coke]

Originally Posted by Major Major

Teams don't act collectively. If you are telling the flames you are waiting for after the Olympics, you are aware that your chances of getting him will go down substantially. The asset is so attractive that more than one team will jump.

Exactly. Team A may prefer to wait until after the olympics, but if you find the gadget you want on FB marketplace, but then say “I’m going on vacation for 2 weeks, but I’ll buy it when I get back”, then your taking a big risk that someone else will get it before you.

If Stevie Y decides to wait, that’s a huge risk he’s taking. If Conroy gets a good deal in the meantime then the Wings would miss out. Every risk comes with a counter risk.

Also, if he is traded as a rental only, that’s fine. Honestly I would plan for that, as most potential UFA deals are purely rentals, and many of the prices paid are still very good. But if a team is willing to pay a further premium to get an extension done, also great.

Maybe it’s a matter of the 1st round pick and Danielson if he’ll extend, but the prospect gets downgraded if he doesn’t want to extend yet.

Either way we should get a good deal.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

Unless it’s somewhere you don’t want to be, especially if the place you really want to go to doesn’t have the assets to trade for you and you can just sign with them in a few months anyway…….without making them give up good pieces to acquire you

But you also risk the team moving on to another player in the mean time.

Managements change, ownership changes their mind, a player that wasn't available at the trade deadline becomes suddenly available in the summer, a player suddenly gets injured or retires and the team decides to allocate cap space elsewhere, etc.

Also when he hits UFA, he loses the ability to sign the 8th year.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Major Major

Teams don't act collectively. If you are telling the flames you are waiting for after the Olympics, you are aware that your chances of getting him will go down substantially. The asset is so attractive that more than one team will jump.

I didn't say they acted collectively. But it's possible that this is what they each decided to do. It's a gamble, but there probably are only 3 or so teams in the mix.

[ForeverFlameFan]

Originally Posted by Niemo

Highest bidder beforehand. How deadlines keep getting pushed and we are ok with it is dumb. Deadline was last deadline, then at the draft, then 2weeks before the start of the season, then before Xmas roster freeze, then just after Xmas, then before Olympic roster freeze, and now trade deadline.

Almost seems like we are constantly making excuses against ourselves. We always say "what if offers aren't good enough?" Yet what if they are but just not super overpay that we are looking for?

? Up until this point there weren't any legitimate offers on the table. Those "deadlines" you made up before were not made by the team and should not have been made without any serious consideration. Now that we do, well, now it's time to dance.

We're looking for the best offer in a market with a lot of buyers and not a lot of sellers. This is the perfect time for the seller to let one of the buyers show their hand and overpay. We're just waiting, and we can afford to wait. The NHL, league of parity, cannot. Especially the Eastern Conference where every team is above .500. Who is going to be willing to shell out a prospect and/or pick or two at a chance to improve their record?

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

I didn't say they acted collectively. But it's possible that this is what they each decided to do. It's a gamble, but there probably are only 3 or so teams in the mix.

Several insiders listed 5 teams in the mix, and none of them had Detroiton the list. So there are certainly more than 3.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.

It’s kind of crummy but if Conroy has set up wings deals with and without an extension, then Rasmus knows he is going anyways. Just depends on how long, and on how he and his wife want to navigate the next ~6 months. Family separation and moving twice both sound like bites out of a poop sandwich.

I expect his wife and kids stay in Calgary until the end of the school year regardless.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I mean there is a chance Rasmus just says no to any extension. And we are left with another Hanifin situation.

An unprotected first for a UFA? Ive seen worse deals

[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

But you also risk the team moving on to another player in the mean time.

Managements change, ownership changes their mind, a player that wasn't available at the trade deadline becomes suddenly available in the summer, a player suddenly gets injured or retires and the team decides to allocate cap space elsewhere, etc.

Also when he hits UFA, he loses the ability to sign the 8th year.

Of course if it’s somewhere you really want to be you sign
If they have the assets to acquire you
Otherwise, you’ve earned the right to be a free agent.
Not disagreeing necessarily but it just makes sense to me

Also
The 8th year might not be as huge as it used to be with the cap going up so quickly

[Roko]

Cmon Claude Lemieux, Detroit will be contenders

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

Of course if it’s somewhere you really want to be you sign
If they have the assets to acquire you
Otherwise, you’ve earned the right to be a free agent.
Not disagreeing necessarily but it just makes sense to me

Also
The 8th year might not be as huge as it used to be with the cap going up so quickly

Andersson will be 37 in that 8th year. It’s quite likely he won’t be able to get a contract at all by then. Getting a guaranteed deal that will take him to that age is a big consideration.

[All In Good Time]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Andersson will be 37 in that 8th year. It’s quite likely he won’t be able to get a contract at all by then. Getting a guaranteed deal that will take him to that age is a big consideration.

Again, if it’s place you really want to be, of course.
Otherwise, I’m just not that convinced

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by All In Good Time

Again, if it’s place you really want to be, of course.
Otherwise, I’m just not that convinced

It’s not about the place, it’s about the money. Chances are very good he gets traded during those 8 years anyway. But he only has one chance to sign an 8-year deal coming off a career season.

[5abi]

Anything with legs?

[Roko]

Gone very quiet today it appears. Gotta think it’s in bidding war territory or courting Rasmus for an extension. Getting close to a year since the flames made any meaningful moves

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by 5abi

Anything with legs?

All of the players involved in the trade discussions have legs.

[CsInMyBlood]

Originally Posted by 5abi

Anything with legs?

Lots of things have legs.

Chairs, cats and dogs have legs.

Some things have many legs. Spiders and octipuses have eight. Centipedes have so many legs they're hard to count.

Also, dont forget about pants.

What a weird question.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

I have concern that Ras is going to refuse to sign anywhere and we end up with the Hanifin type of return….. I hope it’s not the case, but we will see.

Originally Posted by Rhett44

I mean there is a chance Rasmus just says no to any extension. And we are left with another Hanifin situation.

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Yeah, but, whatever. Is what it is and the Flames can only control what they can control.

Should still be able to get a 1st I’m thinking as a rental, just maybe no wicked prospect with it. And that’s fine.

The frustrating part to me would be Conroy making the same mistake twice. The Flames were in control of the situation but they let it get to this point.

Andersson should have been traded at the 2024 draft, and this isn't just hindsight, I was banging the table for him to be moved at that draft then too.

You had just went through the Hanifin ordeal and got railroaded by a pending UFA with trade protection refusing to re-sign with anybody but a limited number of teams.

You had Andersson who as of the 2024 Draft didn't have a NTC yet (his NTC kicked in on July 1) and the discussion of a extension wouldn't have even been a thought in anybody's mind.

Had they shopped Andersson then they would have gotten a haul, and likely an even bigger haul had they been willing to retain 50% at that point.

2 years of Andersson at $2.275M would have returned a ransom, especially since hypothetically all 32 teams could have been involved.

So while it's not the end of the world, and they probably still end up with a late first for Andersson even just as a rental, had they been more proactive they would have ended up with so much more.

If they can actually get a good deal with an extension then it's moot anyways, but if not then it will be a missed opportunity and a repeat of a similar error.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Except you have no idea what the offers were at the draft
Also according to puckpedia his modified Ntc was in place last season. Though I’m never sure if those sites are accurate