{"id":419585,"date":"2026-01-17T18:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/419585\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:11:07","slug":"boston-bruins-vegas-golden-knights-among-teams-in-the-mix-for-calgary-flames-andersson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/419585\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins, Vegas Golden Knights among teams in the mix for Calgary Flames\u2019 Andersson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/calgary-flames\/20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/calgary-flames\/20\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Flames<\/a> continue to shop defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/rasmus-andersson\/8478397\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/rasmus-andersson\/8478397\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmus Andersson<\/a> and there are four teams in the mix for his services, according to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Among the four teams, Dreger says that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/boston-bruins\/6\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Bruins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vegas-golden-knights\/54\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> are strong contenders to acquire the right-shot defenceman.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Things can develop quickly. However, sources say 4 teams remain in the mix for Flames Dman, Rasmus Andersson. Two teams in the east and two in the west. Boston and Vegas are strong contenders. Unless there\u2019s progress, there\u2019s a decent chance Andersson plays today for Cgy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/2012528628261617903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Andersson, 29, is on the final season of a six-year, $27.3 million contract that carries a cap hit of $4.55 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and has a six-team no-trade list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-1 defenceman has 10 goals and 29 points in 47 games this season while averaging 24:12 of ice time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Calgary takes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/new-york-islanders\/2\" target=\"_blank\">New York Islanders<\/a> on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and Dreger says there is a good chance that Andersson takes part in the game unless there\u2019s progress in the trade talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He logged 26:55 with a plus-1 rating during the Flames\u2019 3-1 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/chicago-blackhawks\/16\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Drafted 53rd overall by the Flames in the 2015 draft, Andersson has 57 goals and 260 points in 583 NHL games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Flames sit seventh in the Pacific Division with a 20-23-4 record and are seven points behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/seattle-kraken\/55\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/seattle-kraken\/55\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Kraken<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> for the final playoff spots in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Flames continue to shop defenceman Rasmus Andersson and there are four teams in the mix for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[16159,64,63,162094,117449,575,219251,85,124916],"class_list":["post-419585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boston-bruins-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-6","tag-calgary-flames-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-20","tag-nhl","tag-rasmus-andersson-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478397","tag-sports","tag-vegas-golden-knights-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-54"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}