Who will the Calgary Flames trade this upcoming season?
The Daily Faceoff’s Anthony Di Marco joined TSN Radio in Montreal on Wednesday and was asked about the Calgary Flames’ trade plans this season, not just for Rasmus Andersson.
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Host: “Why don’t we start with the Flames, who have only won once this year. I think you were on the same page as me, thinking they would be competitive, maybe not a playoff team, but competitive. Campbell thought they would be terrible. What did you make of their start?”
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Anthony Di Marco: “It was hard to watch because I think Craig Conroy was right and had the right idea going into the off-season after an impressive and surprising season last year. But he’s making the moves for Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost later in the season to try and strengthen that young group. I believe they’re both around 25,26 years old, and are trying to speed up the rebuild.”
But coming into this season, the defense has been a little improvised. They are looking for a left-shot defenseman, while also trying to move some bodies, and (Daniil) Miromanov, who was waived two days ago. Jake Bean, ideally they would like to move based on conversations I’ve had with people in the organization.
But I think you’re just now starting to see the cream rising to the top, and this is a team that has a lot of older players on some long-term contracts. One that will likely want to move on from Rasmus Andersson before the trade deadline and a young group of players that simply aren’t good enough.”
Host: “Who wouldn’t want Rasmus Andersson?”
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Di Marco: “I mean, I think everyone would want Rasmus Andersson. Like, a right-shot defense plays in all situations, has a track record as a top-pair shutdown guy. And again, it always comes back to the Vegas Golden Knights.”
When a key player is available, the default is Vegas Golden Knight, and his former partner has a long-term contract with Vegas in Noah Hanifin. So I think every competitive team is looking for Ross Anderson. But I mean, if you look at the most likely trade destinations, the Vegas Golden Knights is the low-hanging fruit option.”
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