Rasmus Andersson Will Begin the Season with the Calgary Flames
Bleacher Report Youtube: Frank Seravalli on Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson and if there may be any update.
NHLRumors.com Transcriptions
“No, the Calgary Flames, I imagine, they’re totally content on starting the season with Rasmus Andersson. I feel that type of puts them in a bit of little bit of a dangerous spot. What if the Flames are really competitive again? And let’s just create a hypothetical here. Let’s say the Flames are, it’s mid-February, the Flames haven’t traded Rasmus Andersson yet, and so they are three points out of a playoff spot, or, let’s say they’re even in a playoff spot. Are they really going to have the ability to chop the legs out from under their team in that exact moment in time?
I do know everyone says, Oh yeah, the plan is the plan, and we’re going to stick with it, but I feel it creates an interesting dynamic heading into the season, and clearly going to be a talking point, because it’s August 22 and we’re talking about Rasmus Andersson still being a member of the Calgary Flames.
NHL Rumors: Where Things are at With the Calgary Flames and Rasmus Andersson
Calgary Hoping For The Best
I don’t need to say that the deals that were offered to Calgary this summer for Rasmus Andersson were underwhelming. I feel everyone just also recognizes that if you trade for Rasmus Andersson, that also signifies that it’s good to pay him, and with that comes a complete different set of costs. It’s acquisition costs, plus the price in your cap following that. But you’d think that will be balanced out a bit of bit by the $4.5-$5 million that Andersson is making on the cap this yr, such a robust value.
Perhaps the best-case scenario for the Flames is that Anderson gets off to a hot start. He’s a bit of bit more productive and consistent than he was last season. I wouldn’t say it was a down yr for him, but it surely was probably a comparatively average yr. It is a pretty consistent double-digit goal scorer from the blue line. He does play with a little bit of an edge, and he’s going to be a tricky guy for Calgary to interchange.
Perhaps they will thread this needle between helping their team get off to a good start, allowing for some veteran experience of their lineup to take hold with some young guys that they’re introducing, and likewise get the return that they’re on the lookout for, perhaps possibly hopefully, by the halfway point within the season, so that you just don’t have to interact in that very same kind of dialog that I used to be just referencing a bit of bit earlier.”
NHLRumors.com Note:
Calgary Flames GM Craig Conroy understands the worth of Rasmus Andersson not only to his team, but on the open market considering he’s a right-shot defenseman. There had been reports that he only desired to go to the Vegas Golden Knights, where he would join his former teammate Noah Hanifin. Conroy would really like to maintain Andersson, as he hopes the Flames can have the same season as they did last yr.
NHL Rumors: Calgary Flames Not Trading Nazem Kadri Right Now
If Calgary desires to make the playoffs, keeping Andersson is an element of the equation because it is with Nazem Kadri. Again, nothing is given within the NHL. Everyone assumes that Andersson is getting traded or leaving via free agency. He could sign an extension with the Flames like Brock Boeser did with the Vancouver Canucks. Remember, everyone thought Boeser was going, and he stayed, in order that option remains to be in play.
But for now Rasmus Andersson is staying with the Flames to begin the season.
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