{"id":44171,"date":"2025-08-05T01:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44171\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:31:10","slug":"nhl-news-despite-imminent-trade-nazem-kadris-flames-reportedly-unconcerned-about-star-teammates-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44171\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Despite imminent trade, Nazem Kadri’s Flames reportedly unconcerned about star teammate’s attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Calgary Flames<\/a> have been one of the most quiet teams in the NHL offseason, yet the noise and buzz around them has been quite deafening. In addition to Nazem Kadri\u2019s trade rumors, the Flames have endured talks around blueliner Rasmus Andersson. The latter, however, seems to have some fire behind the smoke.<\/p>\n

The Flames would sure be one to know about that. Andersson is entering the final season of his six-year, $27.3 million contract, and all signs indicate he isn\u2019t making plans for the future in Calgary. <\/p>\n

The 28-year-old blueliner is entering the prime of his NHL<\/a> career, while the Flames are far from being a contender. The timelines simply don\u2019t align, and it might be best for both sides to turn the page. Kadri and company know the writing\u2019s on the wall and Andersson\u2019s days in the Stampede City are numbered.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s seemingly no reason to believe the end of this story should be sour for the two parties. Obviously, Andersson would like to be traded as soon as possible. Still, the Flames are reportedly not losing any sleep over the blueliner\u2019s attitude when training camp and preseason come around.<\/p>\n

\"Rasmus<\/p>\n

Rasmus Andersson #4 of the Calgary Flames stand on the ice before the game between the New Jersey Devils and the Calgary Flames at Prudential Center on March 20, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no concerns about Andersson\u2019s attitude or the effort he\u2019ll put in next season,\u201d The Calgary Sun\u2019s Daniel Austin recently reported. \u201cGM Craig Conroy has been abundantly clear on that. <\/p>\n

\"Not<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Not Nazem Kadri to Auston Matthews\u2019 Maple Leafs: Flames reportedly obliged to accelerate NHL blockbuster trade for star on roster<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWill his future be a distraction that hangs over the team? To a certain extent, that\u2019s probably inevitable, but the Swede is an NHL veteran who clearly values his relationship with both the organization and the city, so there really shouldn\u2019t be too much concern.\u201c<\/p>\n

Risky game<\/p>\n

Two things can be true: Andersson\u2019s respect for the team that drafted him in 2015, and the defenseman\u2019s respect for his own body and future. The 28-year-old blueliner could find himself in a tough spot next season\u2014especially if he starts the year just waiting for the day he gets to pack his bags and leave Calgary.<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s the case, how can the Flames convince him to lay his body on the line night in and night out? At the end of the day, Andersson will be playing to showcase his value to the rest of the NHL\u2014but any setback or injury could prove catastrophic to his stock.<\/p>\n

\"Rasmus<\/p>\n

Rasmus Andersson #4 of the Calgary Flames waits for a faceoff in the second period of a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on January 13, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the plan?<\/p>\n

The Flames barely missed the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Calgary missed out on the last wild-card ticket because the St. Louis Blues had one more win in regulation. That\u2019s not to say the team would\u2019ve gone on a magical run, but the lingering thought of what could\u2019ve been remains in Calgary.<\/p>\n

Instead of bolstering the roster in hopes of making the postseason this time around, the Flames have been concerningly quiet. So far, Calgary has only acquired goaltender Ivan Prosvetov, while waving goodbye to netminder Dan Vladar and forward Anthony Mantha.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

The last triumph: Canada\u2019s most recent Stanley Cup victory<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Calgary ranked 29th in goals scored and 30th in faceoff-win percentage last season. For such a team, making a goaltending change as the lone signing of the summer is certainly a choice. The Flames had the resources to take an active role, too. With the fifth-highest available cap space in the NHL, money clearly wasn\u2019t an issue for the franchise in southern Alberta.<\/p>\n

Light a fire<\/p>\n

In the front office\u2019s defense, the 2025 free agency class wasn\u2019t particularly stacked. Still, fans in the Heart of the New West can\u2019t help but feel the Flames are a bit too content watching the roster regress ahead of the 2025\u201326 NHL season.<\/p>\n

SurveyWho will lead Calgary in points next season?<\/p>\n

Who will lead Calgary in points next season?<\/p>\n

As for Kadri, his future may not be in immediate jeopardy, but the organization\u2019s outlook is far from inspiring. As things stand, a trade request could come at any moment. The Flames aren\u2019t\u2014nor shouldn\u2019t\u2014be overly concerned just yet. However, the risk of his departure hasn\u2019t been extinguished so much as quietly swept under the rug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Flames have been one of the most quiet teams in the NHL offseason, yet the noise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,7525,575,85],"class_list":["post-44171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-calgary-flames","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44171","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=44171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}