The Oilers have tried to accrue salary cap space through the season by keeping a thin roster, to give themselves more money to spend at the trade deadline.
According to PuckPedia, because the Oilers placed Evander Kane on LTIR to start the season, they will not be able to spend both accrued cap space and their LTIR pool – they’ll only have the option of one or the other.
In a new interview with Sportsnet today, Rasmus Andersson said he’d understand if he was traded, but wants to remain a Flame for life.
It’s not shocking to hear a rival like Andersson say outright that he hates the Edmonton Oilers, but it surely will take him off the board entirely.
Last season the Oilers were connected to Chris Tanev, but in a similar situation, the Flames refused to deal him to Edmonton.
Rasmus Andersson Publicly Refuses Trade to the Edmonton Oilers
While the Flames are so far saying that they won’t be trading Andersson at all, that seems to be a pattern of the team in recent years.
Flames fans pulled quotes of the team denying any trades for Matthew Tkachuk, Noah Hanifin, Elias Lindholm, and more. Regardless of what they say, Andersson will likely be traded.
Unfortunately for Edmonton, Andersson may be the best player available. He’s an effective two-way player, and can also get in on physical antics when the temperature of a game dials up.
Still, he can be a bit of a sideshow too, evident by this ridiculous embellishment against Leon Draisaitl last year.
The 28 year old Swedish defenceman is having a quality season with 18 points in 40 games, and under contract at a manageable price of $4.5M for the next two seasons.
At the end of the day, this comment will just be extra motivation for the Oilers to run up the score on the Flames next time they meet.
