{"id":462950,"date":"2026-02-09T02:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/462950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T02:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T02:47:07","slug":"rasmus-andersson-discusses-his-trade-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/462950\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmus Andersson Discusses His Trade \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The long trade saga for Rasmus Andersson<\/a> finally came to an end last month when the Flames moved him to Vegas in exchange for a first-round pick, a second-round selection, defenseman Zach Whitecloud<\/a>, and prospect blueliner Abram Wiebe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, while this was the time that the trade got over the finish line, it looked like deals were all but done on multiple occasions beforehand.\u00a0 Speaking with Sportsnet\u2019s Eric Francis<\/a> earlier this week, the blueliner discussed some of those failed moves that ultimately preceded his departure from Calgary.<\/p>\n

Over the summer, it was widely reported that the framework of a trade was in place to send him to Los Angeles.\u00a0 Andersson confirmed as much but acknowledged that he wasn\u2019t ready to sign a long-term deal with the Kings which was a condition of the swap.\u00a0 As a result, it ultimately fell through.<\/p>\n

Soon after that, word emerged that Andersson had given the Flames a shortlist of teams he would sign with.\u00a0 It turns out that the list wasn\u2019t all that short as there were seven teams on it.<\/p>\n

Andersson noted that a couple of times, it looked like something was in place with some of those other teams, without going into specifics about who they were.\u00a0 In the end, the acquiring team couldn\u2019t figure out how to fit him in beyond this season (where he has a team-friendly $4.55MM AAV) which ultimately scuttled the discussions.<\/p>\n

To his credit, Andersson came back to the Flames for this season and didn\u2019t let the constant discussion about his future faze him.\u00a0 Instead, he had a strong first half, notching 10 goals and 20 assists in 48 games before the swap while logging over 24 minutes a night of ice time, narrowly surpassing his career high in that regard.<\/p>\n

Of course, there was one more failed move, that coming just days before the move to the Golden Knights.\u00a0 It briefly looked as if Andersson was on his way to Boston with a seven-year, $63MM extension in tow but the 29-year-old noted that the Bruins made some tweaks to the offer in terms of structure and trade protection that weren\u2019t to his liking.\u00a0 Then, after three days without any communication, he ultimately decided to pull the plug on signing an early extension with anyone for the time being.\u00a0 With an extension being a prerequisite to make the Boston trade happen, that took them out of the equation as well.<\/p>\n

In the end, that decision ultimately facilitated a move as Vegas stepped up with their offer mere hours after that announcement and the long-awaited swap going back the better part of a year was finally completed.\u00a0 Andersson has since played in eight games since the move, picking up a goal and three assists and now is with Sweden for the Olympics so his break will be a short one compared to most of the league.<\/p>\n

Speculated as a preferred landing spot for Andersson in the summer, the Golden Knights were indeed one of the seven teams on his list dating back to the offseason so both sides should be confident that an extension can be worked out.\u00a0 The near-miss Boston contract should act as a reasonable barometer for what that agreement should ultimately cost.\u00a0 It may wind up taking a lot longer than originally anticipated and hoped but Andersson appears set to get one of the outcomes he wanted, a trade to and a contract with a team of his choosing.\u00a0 The first half is done, now we\u2019ll see how long it takes for the second half to be completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The long trade saga for Rasmus Andersson finally came to an end last month when the Flames moved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[740,49,762,48,763,448,36306,82,767],"class_list":["post-462950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-boston-bruins","tag-ca","tag-calgary-flames","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-nhl","tag-rasmus-andersson","tag-sports","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}