{"id":414342,"date":"2026-01-18T05:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414342\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:36:07","slug":"bruins-reportedly-in-drivers-seat-to-acquire-rasmus-andersson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414342\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins Reportedly In &#8216;Driver&#8217;s Seat&#8217; To Acquire Rasmus Andersson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins could soon have a star player joining their blue line.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary Flames star defenseman Rasmus Andersson has had his name come up in trade rumors, and it appears the Bruins are the front-runners to land him. NHL insider Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reported that the team has been given permission to speak to Andersson about an extension as part of the trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team that appears to be in the driver\u2019s seat, though nothing is done until it\u2019s done, is Boston,\u201d Friedman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/video\/saturday-headlines-what-does-panarin-want-to-do\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> on Hockey Day in Canada\u2019s Saturday Headlines segment on Sportsnet. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoston is very serious about its offer, and nobody\u2019s 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\u2019ve done some pretty serious extension talks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andersson is in the final year of his six-year, $27.3 million deal, which is why the Bruins were allowed to talk about a potential extension as part of the trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Along with the Bruins, the Vegas Golden Knights have also shown interest in acquiring Andersson. However, Friedman believes Boston\u2019s offer is the best one on the table.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVegas is there, it\u2019s not believed that their offer is as strong as Boston\u2019s, but that\u2019s for now. It can always change,\u201d Friedman said<\/p>\n<p>Andersson has recorded 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points in 48 games. He\u2019s set to represent Sweden at the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins could soon have a star player joining their blue line. Calgary Flames star defenseman Rasmus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-414342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}