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Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas [message #849620 is a reply to message #849616 ]	Mon, 19 January 2026 12:49

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Adam wrote on Mon, 19 January 2026 11:28

Jay wrote on Mon, 19 January 2026 09:48

smyth260 wrote on Sun, 18 January 2026 19:30

From Vegas Twitter.

OFFICIAL: The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired Rasmus Andersson from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Zach Whitecloud, a 2027 conditional first-round pick, a 2028 conditional second-round pick, and prospect Abram Wiebe.

Calgary will retain 50% on the contract.

Vegas management continues to show their skill. Always making their team better and making room for big fish every year, without any excuses.

They have massive advantages over every other team in the league and they are not afraid to leverage them.

Every player in free agency wants to go there so it's easy to fill needs. They have great weather, no tax and a city that is a destination for the vast majority of young athletes. They are on every players list of teams they will accept a trade to. Not to mention being darlings of the NHL due to their market and being allowed to bend the rules when other teams just don't get the same leniency.

Skill? Honestly I think you could put a monkey in that position and he would probably be pretty successful. I'm far more impressed with what someone like Cheveldayov has done in Winnipeg (the last month or so notwithstanding). Putting a competitive team on the ice in that market and not based on finished last a bunch of years in a row is a different level than doing it in Vegas.

I think that it IS skill that allows the Knights to be in on player after player after player that's available. They do have some advantages when it comes to signings with a no-state-tax state, but with trades, they have to find a deal that's compelling for the other team and they have to make the cap numbers work.

On this deal, they have improved their defence (I think Andersson - much as I dislike him - is better than Whitecloud) and at the same time LOWERED their overall cap hit. That's a good day's work for a GM.

It's painful to me that the Panthers, Lightning and Knights have managed to acquire so many impact players the last few years and in almost all of these deals, the Oilers aren't even mentioned. It's like our own management just figures we can't possibly afford it so they don't even try. What I wouldn't give to be the team landing this year's Brad Marchand at the trade deadline...

Did anyone honestly think Anderson wasn't going to Vegas?

It's easy to trade away prospects and draft picks when you know that every year you can take your pick from the free agent crop and current roster (and often at a discount compared to the majority of the league) to replenish. Making deals at the deadline or in season isn't that difficult when every player and every agent (often with no trade clauses) has your team at the top of their list of destinations. Managing the cap is much easier when the NHL has rules that don't apply to you (or you have doctors that are willing to play the game - either way the result is the same).

I don't think Kelly Mcrimmand and Bill Zeto are necessarily terrible at thier jobs but are they that much smarter and better than everyone else in the league? They never stood out as these managerial prodigies before. They are simply in markets and situations where the job is easy and you'd have to be a fool not to do well.

Put Kelly Mcrimmand or Bill Zeto and their entire staffs in Winnipeg. What does that team look like? How many of the transactions they've made in the last decade happen? The answer is probably zero.

"Initiative comes to thems that wait"

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Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: smyth260 on Sun, 18 January 2026 19:30
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 19 January 2026 01:15
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Jay on Mon, 19 January 2026 09:48
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Adam on Mon, 19 January 2026 11:28
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Kr55 on Mon, 19 January 2026 12:33
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 19 January 2026 12:59
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Jay on Mon, 19 January 2026 12:49
Re: Rasmus Andersson traded to Vegas	By: Adam on Mon, 19 January 2026 13:32

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