Flames Aren’t in a Rush to Trade Blake Coleman
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Pat Steinberg, Wes Gilbertson, and Logan Gordon on Sportsnet 690 The Fan, Flames Talk on after the Rasmus Andersson trade. Friedman was asked whether activity on Blake Coleman will pick up toward the deadline and whether it could possibly be moved next?
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Host: “Yep, and last one for you, you mentioned Coleman? I do know he’s hurt right away. Don’t know exactly when he’s going to return from IR with the upper body injury he’s coping with. But does that change into a man that you just expect, we’ve heard every kind of buzz around him already. How way more does that pick up as we move towards the Olympic break after which towards the deadline?”
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Elliotte Friedman: “Well, I believe that, I believe it’ll pick up. I mean, the one thing about that’s that Coleman has indicated he’d prefer to remain. And I believe that Calgary understands that, but I believe they’ll do what they feel is best for his or her group. He has a number of say. I believe he can only be traded to 10 teams. I’m unsure how flexible he’s on that, if in any respect.
Like, I had, like, there’s been a number of rumors about Coleman with Montreal. One in all the things that any individual told me was that they weren’t sure if he was, that was one team that he would need to approve. And I don’t think everybody was certain if he was willing to try this. Like some guys just say the list is the list, and that’s the way in which it’s, right? So, I’m not certain that Montreal goes to be a possible destination for him.
Like, the thing about Andersson is the Flames needed to make a call. They weren’t going to increase him at what he wanted. They were going to maneuver on. So that is one they’d to do sooner moderately than later. And this can be a guy who plays a ton.
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I believe they were frightened in regards to the injury risk with a few of the other players here. They don’t need to do anything right away, and swiftly, the Flames could have Vegas’s next three first-rounders, right?
So, I mean, like they’ve pieces that they’ll proceed to rebuild with. We’ll see where this yr goes. But they’re going to have one other potentially high first-round pick this yr. We’ll see. I mean, Andersson is an enormous loss on that blue line. Played great this season. I just think that is the one which needed to get done the fastest. And now we’ll see.”
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