Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - BIG CHANGES Are Coming To The Calgary Flames… But When?? Ft. TSN's Noodles | BB Clips

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

Boomer, Pinder, and Rhett are joined by TSN’s Noodles to dive into the current state of the Calgary Flames, who now sit dead last in the NHL. It’s obvious change is coming — and needed — but when will it actually happen? The guys discuss the timelines, the pressure building, and which players could be on the move. Is it Rasmus Andersson? Nazem Kadri? Blake Coleman? The crew breaks down what feels like an inevitable shake-up in Calgary.Video Link: https://youtu.be/P5XSkQpKWxk#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #calgaryflames CHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️BARN BURNER MERCHhttps://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/FlamesnationBARN BURNER SHORTS https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_bcGtvvo-cW2DHEDZ6dEO5ePDmlhZc9&si=jo8iNGxT4ImhS2Y8📲 Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fnbarnburner/X (Twitter): https://x.com/barnburnerfn?lang=en🎧 Listen on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/barn-burner-boomer-pinder-with-rhett-warrener/id1648562889Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mc6Qd5U22R2zbMlQ7RxIiProducer: Jack Haverstock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You are what you are. So when do things start to change? Because Nazan Khadhi might not have a contract after this one. Like he'll be 38 when this thing expires. He's got three years left. Blake Coleman's on pace for 30 goals. He's quietly like maybe the only guy on this team that's overshot what you'd expect him to do offensively. He's got two years left, has a couple of rings.

He's in his mid-30s. Rasmus Anderson knows that his contract extension of conversation with the flames did not lead to anything substantial and that he's expected to be traded. Like, it's November 14th. Where are we at when all of a sudden, like, walk me forward a month. If you're still in 30 second, like, when do these conversations happen? Because I can understand Flames Management being like, listen, we don't get a lot when we trade guys this time of year.

Let's let it play out. You know, we're playing better. But at some point, reality is reality. You're dead last and you've got to make sure that you give yourself the best chance to get an impact guy at the draft. Okay. So it's a great point. I don't know, but I'm going to post.

a counter question or more a counter thought, and this will continue the conversation. You just mentioned it. When do you figure that you're going to be able to get the most for your assets? So is it right now where teams are starting to, that have had slow starts to go, God, we need player X. You know, I've been looking at Cadre for two years.

Let's see if he's available. Rasmus Anderson, yeah. So is a team, you know, name me a team. that would covet Rasmus Anderson. The Leaves. Dallas. Dallas or the Leaves? Take it.

Well, Dallas has had success. The Leifes haven't. So does that make tree more desperate to go? I need them today as opposed to three months from now. And then Connie's got to figure out, what am I going to get? Am I going to get more for Rasmus three months from now? Or am I going to get that King's Ransom for him right now? That's the, you know, the multi-million dollar question.

That's why at the start of the conversation, I believe in Connie. I believe in whatever he unfolds, he's going to do what's best for the organization. So if Connie's, if there's a desperate manager out there or there's a team out there that's going, we want your player, but we have to have them right now because of where we are in the standings or where then maybe Connie, you know, can answer your question, Pindert, maybe the deal gets done sooner. But I think with time as as teams start to get a little bit more, we'll call it desperate or maybe looking at their own internal situation, then maybe the price, the cost of doing business comes up because a month from now there's an injury that we didn't track.

Conroy might be ready to do a deal today. But if the offers aren't there, then it's well, it's about what he wants in return. Well, and to be fair, like there's two windows where deals happen in this league. It's late June before the draft. And it's, the deadline. And those happen because GMs know that's when you can get bidding wars. Are the Leafs finally, but sorry, all the same. Yeah. What are the Leafs?

Because are the Leafs, like, are they making the playoffs? I don't know. I mean. And like that's the thing for the Anderson's conversation for me, but you don't make the playoffs. Well, listen, in a perfect world, Rhett, what do the Leafs miss most right now? I mean, let's get, Austin Matthews, he'll be back. Let's, so Joseph Wall is going to come back. But I'm saying, if you just look at the structure of their team, what do they need?

They probably need a right shot defenseman who can play on the power play and move the puck. A puck mover. They got all these shutdown physical big D that can't move the puck. And all of a sudden it's like, yeah, we can't get out of our own zone. Yeah, because you brought in all these big Lugans that don't move the puck well. Right. So you're right. So my point being is, you know, Rasmus might be.

be coveted. But, you know, again, what do the Leafs have to offer? They don't have any first rounders. They gave the first round of two of them last year, one for Scott Lawton, one for Brandon Carlo. And they give up Fraser Minton for Brandon Carlo. Prospect and a first for a guy that they pivoted to after they couldn't get Anderson. Like that's what the market was for Anderson last year. Okay. So you just, you just mentioned it. That was at the deadline when the market went up. Yeah. Carlo got that. What is? Anderson get if you wait and you you time it properly or becomes the marketplace. Now, again, this Anderson, he controls some of this too, correct?

Well, if you want to deal with them with extension, if you're dealing as a straight rental, no, but you're going to want to get more. So you probably want a team he's going to extend with. Right. So it's Rasmus Anderson want to go to an organization, who knows, say whether it's the Leafs or it's Dallas or whatever. Again, he controls that part. but I get like I just I don't have a definitive answer for you but that's why I was trying to oppose

a counter thought as to when is the sweet spot to pull the trigger on these moves is it earlier when somebody may be desperate but are you going to be able to get a king's ransom or do you have to wait until the marketplace heats up and you've got multiple suitors because I would argue when you know when Calgary's are where they are in their standings right now Craig Button you to joke all the time and he would tell us, you know, we're sitting in a boardroom. He goes, when you're struggling, there's 30 other managers that call you and go, you know what, I'll do you a favor. I'll take that player off your hands.

And he would always joke. It was always like, yeah, I'll take Jerome McGinnle off your hands for a six rounder. They're like, okay, you just hang up the phone. He said, Glenn Sather would call him all the time. Like, just let me know, I've got a second rounder here for Jerome. Just let me know, you know, and he would laugh and go, this guy's, you know, trying to, kind of school me. But that's the type of stuff.

So you think Connie's probably fielding calls and they're going, you know what? You guys are where you are. You're probably going to do this. So we want you to take on our problems. Here's a bad contract for you. Here's, you know, so I think Connie has to sit and listen and field everything. But he is dealing from a position of strength of he has really good assets that people do want.

But you've got some time to let this all sort out. And these veterans are going to help these. young players continue to grow. I don't have a definitive answer, but I think it's very curious to see, you know, when Connie sits back, they just had the GM meetings. I'm sure there was probably people trying to pick his pocket down there

and say, you know, when you want to move this player, just call me, I've got a seventh rounder for you. So who knows.