Speculation: Armchair GM 2024-25 Season, Craig Conroy's Can Do Calgary Flames

[Tkachuk Norris]

Trade him for Cal Ritchie plus. I like Andersson but I feel he’s replaceable. We have a lot of talent coming on RD and Huska has a history of developing D going back to his Kelowna days. I see Cal as a future top 6 C and this organization has zero depth at that position.

If we end up in the top 7 we are looking at a top 6 C or Matt Schaefer.

 

[crazyfisherman]

Doesnt matter. Andersson is a better player for sure. Agents look at cap hit percentages now with the rising cap. Paying 10mil for a top line player or top pairing defenseman is now the norm.

But 10m D isnt the norm, only theres only 3 in the entire league with that cap hit. You can say yea with rising cap the top D will make 10+ easy but andersson is a tier or 2 below that. Hes comparables are the hanifins, sergachevs of the world, not werenski and fox.

 

[Zirakzigil]

But 10m D isnt the norm, only theres only 3 in the entire league with that cap hit. You can say yea with rising cap the top D will make 10+ easy but andersson is a tier or 2 below that. Hes comparables are the hanifins, sergachevs of the world, not werenski and fox.

You missed the point from the original post. Cap will be around 95mil this summer and another projected jump to 105mil in 2026. That large of jump in 2 years will mean current 8mil contracts will be jumping to 10mil contracts. Signing him this offseason means at least 9mil per for fair market value, another 10mil jump in cap space means 2026 fair market value will go up another 10%.

 

[herashak]

You missed the point from the original post. Cap will be around 95mil this summer and another projected jump to 105mil in 2026. That large of jump in 2 years will mean current 8mil contracts will be jumping to 10mil contracts. Signing him this offseason means at least 9mil per for fair market value, another 10mil jump in cap space means 2026 fair market value will go up another 10%.

Andersson played like a 10m dman for October/November but as of now paying him 10m is nuts, he’s on like a 15 game goal drought