Calgary Flames

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If the team at any point has to consider moving Andersson via trade over the next few seasons, he is the type of player who can return a bunch of assets. Andersson, just 26, is signed on a $4.5-million dollar cap hit through the 2025-26 season, and only carries a low-impact no-trade clause on the final two years of his deal. That’s two seasons of sustained advantage play for Calgary with Andersson on the ice. Andersson is also building an impressive track record of year-over-year performance, the type of performance you want to continuously bet on. Fighting for ice time on a deep unit like this is quite the challenge and generally requires significant outperformance and a lot of trust from the head coach. But it’s Andersson’s play that appears to be standing out to his head coach – look at his career usage, and look how much it’s exploded to the upside under Sutter’s tenure: