The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired defenseman Rasmus Andersson from the Calgary Flames for defenseman Zach Whitecloud, a 2027 first-round choose, a conditional 2027 second-round choose, and defensive prospect Abram Wiebe.
The situation on the choose is that it turns into a first-round choose if the Golden Knights win the Stanley Cup.
The Flames are retaining 50 p.c of Andersson’s $4.55 million cap hit. The 29-year-old right-handed defenseman is within the last 12 months of his six-year, $27.3 million contract. The Golden Knights save $475,000 off their cap.
There isn’t any contact extension as a part of the commerce. Elliotte Friedman famous on Saturday that the Golden Knights tried to amass him earlier than the draft final 12 months and that there’s a mutual curiosity in an extension. Friedman mentioned that the Boston Bruins wouldn’t do a commerce with out an extension.
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The 29-year-old Whitecloud has two years left on his contract at a $2.75 million cap hit.
The 22-year-old Wiebe is an unsigned seventh-round draft choose in 2022. He’s in his third season on the College of Dakota.
With Alex Pietrangelo completed for the season, the Golden Knights had been gentle on the right-side in comparison with the left. Whitecloud, Kaeden Korczak, and Dylan Coghlan had been right-handed capturing defensemen. Left-handed photographs embrace Shea Theodore, Noah Hanifin, Brayden McNabb (LTIR), Jeremy Lauzon and Ben Hutton.
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