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

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

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

The flat cap has really messed your perception of market value. Andersson's next deal will be based around what Dobson and Bouchard get this summer. I don't see either of them getting under 9.5M so expecting Andersson to take less than 9M is just silly

 

[crazyfisherman]

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%.

Players that set the contract market are not players of anderssons caliber, bouchard and dobson will get 9/10 because they are young and has put up incredible numbers, andersson isnt that. I highly doubt hes a 10m player as a number 2D.

 

[crackdown44]

If Andersson were to extend this summer at the exact same % of the cap as Weegar did when he had 1 year left on his deal it would be pretty much 7 mil flat

Obviously it won’t be 7 because the cap is expected to jump pretty substantially over the next couple years but I really don’t think it’s going to start with a 9

8-8.5 is my guess. Definitely think it’ll be closer to 8 than 9 if he takes max term

 

[Volica]

If you trade Razzy, you have to go for an upgrade somewhere.

Package for a centre or have a team do something really stupid like give you a can’t miss prospect, or multiple high end pieces including someone who can step in immediately for Ras.

First and a handful of mid tier prospects? Just forget it, sign him for 8 years instead.

 

[Yepthatsme]

If you trade Razzy, you have to go for an upgrade somewhere.

Package for a centre or have a team do something really stupid like give you a can’t miss prospect, or multiple high end pieces including someone who can step in immediately for Ras.

First and a handful of mid tier prospects? Just forget it, sign him for 8 years instead.

This is the way I look at it. Regardless of what route you hope this team goes in the coming years, general consensus is we hope to be good in 3-4 years. Andersson will still likely be a top pair defenseman at that point and still for years to come. So why trade him unless we reasonably think we can get a player back who has a chance of providing that value. We trade him for the typical “1st, good prospect, young player” return, we end up in the position everyone here hates of less talent at the top of the lineup, more in the middle.

 

[Mobiandi]

I’ve seen enough of Barrie and Hanley to last me the whole season. If we’re going for the playoffs, we should pick up a good puckmover like Brannstrom who’s back on waivers. He stood out in a positive way when I saw the Wranglers play Abbotsford

 

[crackdown44]

I’d rather pay a mid round pick for Jones than pickup Brannstrom off waivers

 

[Yepthatsme]

I’ve seen enough of Barrie and Hanley to last me the whole season. If we’re going for the playoffs, we should pick up a good puckmover like Brannstrom who’s back on waivers. He stood out in a positive way when I saw the Wranglers play Abbotsford

If we are going for the playoffs, Brannstrom is the last guy we should touch. Guys defensive game is counteracting his puck moving to the tune of him about to be part of his 4th organization over the last calendar year.

 

[Lunatik]

I’ve seen enough of Barrie and Hanley to last me the whole season. If we’re going for the playoffs, we should pick up a good puckmover like Brannstrom who’s back on waivers. He stood out in a positive way when I saw the Wranglers play Abbotsford

You're seriously complaining about a guy that has been on the ice for all of 5 goals against this year? But you want Brannstrom? If we are just going to dress a guy to suck defensively on the off chance he puts up a point or 2, we have Miromanov sitting in the pressbox.