A Rasmus Andersson trade appears to be getting closer, with the Boston Bruins as the front-runners
Robert Munnich: Elliotte Friedman, during the intermission of the Calgary Flames – New York Islanders game, on defenseman Rasmus Andersson and the trade speculation picking up. The Boston Bruins appear to be front-runners, with the Vegas Golden Knights lurking.
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“… about what may be happening with Rasmus Anderson. And I think the Bruins stuff is very real. I think they are very interested, but there are two things that have to be satisfied.
Number one, it’s got to be a trade that the Flames are happy with. And number two, there’s got to be an extension that the Bruins have in their pocket. They are not willing to do this trade at the current price unless they have an extension. And we’re obviously not there right now.
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I also do believe that Vegas is very involved. Don’t forget, the Golden Knights tried to trade for Rasmus Anderson last year around the draft. They weren’t able to get it done.
One of the issues there, I believe, is that I don’t think the Golden Knights, as I understand it, can put together as good a package as the Bruins can, at least not at this time. But I do think the Golden Knights are very confident that if they want to extend the Andersson, they will be able to do it.
So, we don’t have agreement on both those things, and that’s why he’s still in the lineup.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Saturday Headlines on the latest speculation around Rasmus Andersson and the Calgary Flames. Has Andersson played his last game in a Flames jersey?
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“Well, first of all, what a great performance by him today. And it looked really emotional at the end of the game. Like the way he came out of the ice, high-fived his team. He was third star. There was, there was a lot there. And I think everybody’s kind of wondering where this is going to go.
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Here’s what we can tell you. One phone call can change everything. That’s the caveat, but nothing is expected tonight, Ro, with Rasmus Anderson.
The Flames have called around to a bunch of teams that were interested, or other teams that maybe they hadn’t heard as much from yet. I heard today, and they said, ‘We want to decide if we’re going to proceed with this. So we want everybody’s most serious to offer.’ So that is happening.
The team that appears to be in the driver’s seat, although nothing is done until it’s done, is Boston. Boston is very serious without, about its offer. And nobody’s confirming or denying this, but I believe they are the only team that has been given permission to talk to Andersson. And I do believe they’ve done some pretty significant extension talks. Although again, nothing is done until it’s done. Both things have to work out. The Bruins are not believed to be interested in this without an extension.
Vegas is there. It’s not believed that their offer is as strong as Boston’s, but that’s for now. That can always change. But the thing that Vegas has is that they like Andersson, and he likes them. I don’t think Vegas is worried at all that if they could trade for him, or he got to the summer, they would have a great chance to get him. But right now, their offer is not seen, from what I’m hearing, as strong.
I think Dallas has been around there. I think Toronto has been around there. And I’m always worried, after what happened with Quinn Hughes going to Minnesota, that there’s teams out there that I’m not seeing.
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But right now, from what I can tell, and I think this is true, Boston’s the only team that has permission to talk to him.”
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