2025/2026 Season Trade Rumours and Speculation Thread

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Yeah and I suspect the reason why the deal details leaked out last night is because
- The Flames and Bruins agreed on what they deal WOULD be if Rasmus is willing to extend
- Rasmus expressed openness to extend
- The Flames then allowed Rasmus' representatives and Boston to engage with each other.

Now it's a matter of if they can find a contract that works for both sides, knowing that to bypass his best UFA opportunity Rasmus will probably be looking for somewhat of an overpay.

So that's why nothing has been finalized.

And then perhaps with all the buzz in the last 48 hours, that increased the urgency for another team(s) to try and still get in there.

I know some people are frustrated but I find this stuff an absolute hoot. This is the fun stuff.

Oh 100% these are the fun times.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by gvitaly

Are there still questions regarding his skating and compete? Or did he improve on both?

I still think he's going to be a pretty good 2nd line LW. Big + Skilled = Good.

I think he’s improved as a player, but I don’t believe his skating will ever be a strength. High-end hands and brain though.

[Roko]

Curious if this drags on further, next game is only a day away on Monday.
With new teams in, it could possibly drag out unless the agents ask is the same no matter the team.

Sec, extension required on that new offer?

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Roko

Curious if this drags on further, next game is only a day away on Monday.
With new teams in, it could possibly drag out unless the agents ask is the same no matter the team.

Sec, extension required on that new offer?

Sec said prior that with the names mentioned he expected it would require an extension.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by Wolven

Was Bystedt scratched too? Otherwise the logic falls apart a bit.

I still want it to be the Sharks... they have to see that the way this is going will leave them with very limited options on July 1st for upgrading their D group and they'll essentially be stuck extending their current group.

Hoping that Andersson will be available later for free isn't a strategy, it's just wishful thinking.

Can confirm Bystedt was part of the Sharks offer.

[Matty81]

It sounds like a moot point and Musty is a decent player but he's not someone I'd want the flames targeting, the team has plenty of wingers at pro level who are still young or have loads of term and also in the cupboard. His first pro season state line looks very similar to Stromgren's AHL +1. I know he's a year younger in the comp so obviously he is on a better curve, but about a 0.7-0.75 ppg, not a ton of goals/more assists, tracking towards about 50 pts and a minus player on a winning team.

But the big issue is opportunity - I would rather see them pick up a center prospect and invest playing time in Stromgren and Gridin to see what we have on hand already before you block those guys out and devalue the assets. I really believe that ice time at the NHL level is an investment in your young players and without it they do not reach their potential.

With Coronato, Sharangovich, Farabee and Zary all locked in for a bit, Hubderdeau basically an immovable object and Klapka looking like he's about to become a fixture it's tough to see how the flames make the developmental time needed to bring a lot more top 6 wingers at the NHL level along. Gridin will need a long look and ideally Stromgren would get a shot and then Basha, Honzek and Suniev behind them, and Potter probably being a winger, just doesn't feel like the position you target if Bystedt or Lund can be had.

With Backlund and Kadri being so old there will clearly be minutes there for center prospects who rise to the top within a year or two.

[Sofa GM]

Perhaps 2026 1st (oilers), Bystedt, Graf

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Can confirm Bystedt was part of the Sharks offer.

How's he looked in the A this year? His stat line looks like he's progressed but doesn't always tell the story.

[Macindoc]

Originally Posted by edslunch

At the eleventh hour it will be the Dodgers

F the Dodgers. Endless money buying championships. They represent all the worst aspects of pro sports.

[Macindoc]

Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Can confirm Bystedt was part of the Sharks offer.

“was part of”. So the Sharks are confirmed to be out?

[Roko]

My guess is oilfan means more so “was part of their offer when I heard on Friday”

[Mattman]

Cheers to the local CPer who was checking this thread in the theater right before the Lord of the Rings Two Towers

Imagine a world where Rasmus gets traded minutes into the extended edition. The pain of not knowing.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by AC

https://twitter.com/user/status/2012716867232665699

https://twitter.com/user/status/2012727400103039148

This guy can play...not the main piece obviously but as far as throw ins go I'm not sure what the problem is

We would be lucky to get the rumored deal

[YyjFlames]

Originally Posted by Mattman

Cheers to the local CPer who was checking this thread in the theater right before the Lord of the Rings Two Towers

Imagine a world where Rasmus gets traded minutes into the extended edition. The pain of not knowing.

I want to know all the backstories.

[YyjFlames]

Originally Posted by dino7c

This guy can play...not the main piece obviously but as far as throw ins go I'm not sure what the problem is

We would be lucky to get the rumored deal

Imagine trading for Ras in 2020 when he was turning 25, just after he put up 22 points in 70 games.

[Badgers Nose]

These offers sound amazing. That's why I don't believe them.

45 years a Flames fan, I think I can count the won trades in that time on one hand.

Hope the insiders are right!

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Bystedt is SJ's "equivalent" of Poitras. Checks out.

[SuperMatt18]

So thinking about a West team that has decent assets and would be interested in Ras...and I wonder about Seattle.

Sec has said he doesn't think SJS will pay the price. DAL, VGK, EDM, COL don't have the assets. MIN doesn't need a dman. LA already tried and were turned down. NSH and lower in the standings aren't moving assets.

So to me that leaves Utah, Seattle, and Anaheim.

With Seattle being a bit of a dark horse. They have two firsts this year and next. A lot of RH center options (Wright, Firkus, Morrison)

I do wonder if Firkus and O'Brien being RH shot centers, and Wright having a poor season make him a expendable.

1st (SEA or TBL), Wright, and Evans?

Wright feels like the type of name that would make Sec say it's a big name.

[Monahammer]

I would love to snag Wright. I still think he could hit big.

44 pts in 70 games last season playing 3rd line minutes...

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

These offers sound amazing. That's why I don't believe them.

45 years a Flames fan, I think I can count the won trades in that time on one hand.

Hope the insiders are right!

They are better than what we got for Iginla. Granted Iginla was 35 at the time, but still.