Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Rasmus Andersson TRADED To Vegas — FULL Breakdown | BB Clips

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

Yesterday, Rasmus Andersson was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights, and Pinder and Rhett give a full breakdown of the deal — winners and losers, what Calgary got back, and how this move impacts the Flames’ long-term plan. They also look at what Andersson brings to Vegas, whether this trade makes the Golden Knights legit Stanley Cup favorites, and what it all means for both teams moving forward.VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/qjy_cD6B2A8#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #calgaryflames #vegasgoldenknights 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.

The Calgary Flames, starting on about Tuesday of last week, it felt like we're very close to moving Rasmus Anderson. It got to late Thursday night and late Friday night, and it was reported by insiders at the Bruins and the Calgary Flames had agreed in principle on a trade and that Rasmus Anderson and the Bruins were well down the road on an extension. Sunday morning, Rasmus Anderson woke up, told the Flames there would be no extension. That changed the number of teams that were in on Rasmus Anderson.

and they move him to the Vegas Golden Knights as a, quote, rental for a first rounder in 27, a second rounder in 28 that can turn into a first rounder if they win the cup this spring. 4-5, right shot, sturdy defenseman, Zach, White Cloud, and the third-year college player, Abram Weeb of British Columbia. Your thoughts on the Rasmus Anderson rental trade? I'm going to go back all the way to where. Anderson came from.

Second round pick. Comes along. Absolutely plays his ass off for the team. He's on a team friendly deal forever, it felt like. Maybe the most value contract in the history

of the flames. Certainly the most out of venture level that tree signed. Yeah. You move them for pieces. And the use your pick wisely. and then it'll be fine. What I'm getting at is that if you look at Rasmus Anderson as a Calgary flame,

it was damn fine. Really good player. Really good. The organization did well in picking him. He did well in playing for them. He did well in being a good flame ambassador of what the flames represent. And they got assets in return for him. Was it as good as we wanted?

No. I'm being level-headed about it. The Rasmus Anderson-Cagre-Flame's career was a banana split without the cherry on top. Sure. You know what I mean? Like it was real good. Will you look at it as a whole? Pretty good.

Unreal. Second rounder to have that kind of a career, that's already just crushing the odds. That's very unlikely outcome. And then at the end of a team-friendly deal where you've got them less than he's market value for probably five of the six years, you get to move them for another pile of future assets. Yeah. I think this is a great haul for a rental. but I think we all know he's going to sign in Vegas. He's signing in Vegas 100%.

Like when you looked at Noah Hanofin, they got a first in like two or three years. And a guy that was 26 that you're like, eh, maybe he figures it out at the NHL level. Hanofanagan was quite a bit younger than Rasmus says now. I don't, not saying they're the exact same. But here they get a first and a second that can turn into a first and a guy that's a much better player than Daniel Muromano. He's a four or five on a cup contending team. He's playing 18, almost 19 minutes a night for Vegas. and you get a prospect who's like, okay.

Like that's a nice return for a rental. But the challenge is this isn't a bleepin rental. You know that Vegas was the preferred destination. And for whatever reason, Rasmus Anderson, who was apparently incredibly close to Sunday and extension with the Bruins, woke up Sunday and said, no, no extension in place, moved me as a rental. And I wonder, like, love Iggy. He kind of got them at the end with, yeah, I actually won't go to Boston,

even though I said to go to Boston, did Rasmus just do the same here? Yes. And how do we feel about that? I don't like it. I mean, I don't like it. And that's why I'm trying to calm myself

because I think Rasmus screwed us. That's the problem, is it? It's his right. He can do whatever he wants. So to say he screwed us, we would have got a better deal from the Kings and the summer and the Bruins right now.

Yep, no question. Because they're buying. You backed yourself into that corner. Now, Anderson's play last year, backed Craig into a bit of a corner. their approach to things backs them into a corner. Is it the worst thing in the world? No.

Is it what's all that you want? No. But that's why I'm like, just pause. Because on one hand, I pissed off at Anderson because it's like, you're a professional athlete. You've played for what, four and a half, five million? Like dirt cheap forever. And you want to, yeah, you've learned it, man.

And something might happen. Maybe he was at the one yard long. and said, you know what? I'm allergic to ocean water. I can't be that close to the ocean. I've got to be in, like, I don't know. If you want to play the Vegas's tampering card, like that's certainly, Vegas is tampering without tampering.

Exactly. They just, this is how they do business. Yeah, they're the hot broad that walks through the bar. It's like, I'm not flirting. I'm not flirting. I'm not flaring. I'm just hanging out here.

Yeah. Why you stand? I'm just here. What do you mean? What? Why are you looking at me? I'm just here. And the hot girl,

the bar gets to go home with whoever they want. That's Vegas right now. They're picking it. That's how it works. It is tough to think of an interaction where the Vegas Golden Knights didn't get exactly what they want.

Because here's the thing. You can squint and say, okay, this is a decent return for Craig. And I think it is, given that there's no contract. And given, like, look, they give up Chris Tanna for a second. This is like world's bit of the second.

But it sure isn't a top prospect and a first today. Loweye, which we were talking about out of Boston, which is what it was rumored to be. White Cloud is significant. Lowei is a guy you're thinking you're going to pencil in your own lineup for five years. Eight. Yeah. Long term. He's heading out how he plays.

Yeah. White Cloud might be gone by Friday. I would like to see him gone by Friday because I think you'd get assets. My fear is that the hashtag winning culture people are going to say, we need to keep this guy around to keep us competitive when it's like, hello, this is when you bought him out. You just traded. now you don't have to trade them this year either oh you don't which is the damn problem whatever they don't think they don't but like you've got five right shot the fence when you move rasmus you're like all right now there's going to be more playing time for bristevich and pregg like no we still

got five righties like what are you going to get this guy into the lineup yeah like connie comes on with the rights holders after the train said yeah i'd love to see bristevich and per rec pick up the slack on the power play it's like how are you going to get both the guys in the lineup. You better go down and talk to your coach. Correct. Get them. Yeah. Now, maybe you slide weaker to the left side, but like it's just, I think if you want to maximize the asset management game, like the return, you flip White Cloud before the deadline. But I could just see these guys been like, what do you mean? He's got term left.

Like they keep walking on. I'm going to put my foot into the bear trap again. Oh, I didn't expect that. Wow. That's what I'm actually wondering if like Trig and Trinatto and Craig and all this stuff, it's like, are the, is the return not good enough that you've learned a lesson where you're like, son of a B, we could be way further ahead if we'd have approached this differently?

The best part of this deal isn't any of the assets they got back. It's then in theory their own pick's going to get right up into the top three. Yeah, you're trying. And if you keep white cloud around, that sort of takes away that upside a bit, if you know what I mean. I don't know. Top five. I'm thinking top five

pick this year is what the flames are destined for i think there's other teams that are throwing in the towel just as st louis is incoher look at it's too and you know when you look at that stupid lottery if you finish fifth last or third what the hell's the different two percent three percent you're gonna need some ball luck no matter where you so we watched detroit finished dead last and picked fourth like yeah things happen so it's hard to but i i don't know what i honestly when like i said when i look at it as a whole because I think Anderson was even used as a pick from a trade from

Sven Berci that's a hell of a run right like it's it but when you look at it the other side you're like we could have had a little

better and more I couldn't help but think about you know the quotes we heard all summer that like Rasmus wasn't going to handcuff this team he wasn't going to say he was going to only go to one spot and he didn't but he basically said

I'm not going to extend. I'm going to handcuff her seat but I'm not trying to get anywhere except where I want. They could trade him anywhere except six spots on his no trade. But the best package for a rental was Vegas because they know it's not a rental.

They're like, look, if we pay a rental prices, we think we got a 99 out of 100 chance of resigning this guy. Like, oh, our deal wasn't as good as Boston with an extension. We don't need an extension. We're bleeping Vegas.

We're the hottest chick at the bar. What's he going to say no to us? And, you know, they've seen, like I briefly mentioned it and then forgot to finish the point. If you're the Vegas Golden Knights, you get the flames to eat half of a guy that's probably already only making half of what he's worth. Oh, he is. And you get your first rounder top 10 protected next year, which is insane. I can't. That's the one I didn't like, but I don't think they're going to it's not going to anyway. And it's, uh, and, and, and, and, and, like, I think the flames did of them.

I look at it differently. And maybe you're saying the same thing. I actually think the flames did the right thing by eating half. And I think, and I don't know because I want, maybe it allows Vegas to do more. Oh yeah. Which allows Vegas to maybe have a better chance at winning,

which allows the flames a better chance at that, turned that into a number one pit. Well, and when they're talking to Vegas and you're like, shit, this is going to be our best offer. Like, fuck, we've got their first this year. So what you do is you say, okay, well, we know they're going to be better if they get Rasmus. So if they're real good, like, you got to give us another pick because you've

sewered our Hannafin first rounder. Yeah. So go Vegas, I guess. But you think about what it allows them to do. They only added like a hundred and some thousand dollars to their payroll. Yeah. To get. And now it's like if you can move out Carlson who's hurt or whatever you need to do, like maybe they go chase Panarin. Like they're not done. It's Vegas. Like how, how easy is it for Vegas? It's an A. plus deal. It can't go wrong. No. No. Like there's no downside here.

Zero. Like what are the chances? Rasmus goes, ah, you know what? I don't like Vegas. I'm out of here. Very low. Yes. Haven't heard that a lot from guys playing in Vegas. Yeah. What's the chance that me, this underwear model saunteres into this pub off the side of the highway and can't

find conversation? You know, it's like, it's the dumb and dumber Hawaiian tropic that we're looking for some oil guys. You'd have to be the biggest moron in the world. I don't know. I don't know. So are we giving Craig shit? You can't give Craig shit.

Here's the problem. If you're going to do this when guys are in the last year of their deal, the agent and the player are going to run your show. Because it's going to be contingent upon extensions and where they want to play. If you don't want players and agents to run your show, trade them before their last year. Which is fine if you're in a position where you know what your team. is or accepting of what your team is, which the flames weren't and aren't traditionally.

I look back at last year as a massive failure, and I know how close they were to making the playoffs and you're proud of that group, but their own pick was top 10 protected. They could have given the 30 second overall pick to the Montreal Canadians in that trade for Monaghan. And instead, it was pick number 18. You could have had like Ben Kindle and Cole Reschney on your team right now.

And instead you gave one pick away to Montreal so you could just miss the playoffs, not make any money, worsen your draft pick. It's peak pain. And if you traded Rasmus last year and you got a little more aggressive on stripping things back, and you played the piss out of the kids rather than pretending this winning culture thing is tangible or it makes money, you'd be in a way better spot in this rebuild. It would be two years shorter. If you had Ben Kindle playing right now and Cole Reshney, or at least, I don't know what they're going to draft.

It's just more assets. They liked them, but it's like, do you want two picks in the top 18? Or do you want to give away one in the top 18 and pick at 32? And you could have moved Rasmus wherever you wanted outside of his 16, no trade. And I think Connie would have been open to that. But I just don't think that philosophically this organization really understands that they're making this longer and harder and they're losing more money long term by slow playing a rebuild. You're still rebuilding.

you're just doing it in slow motion. We're speculating. But did Erasmus play so poorly last year that his stock was that much less and he played so well this year that maybe they recouped some of it, maybe. Potentially, but Brandon Carlo, who's a much inferior player,

got a first and a prospect. Like, and really, again, the most valuable thing is what it does to your own draft pick. If you could have got that into the top 10, you keep it. Instead, you gave it to Montreal. Yeah, way to go. Congratulations, you missed the playoffs.

And again, like, I'd love to see them flip White Cloud. What's my fear? Don Maloney talks about how this guy's a winner and this guy's a culture guy. And this guy's going to keep us competitive. I'm still, I'm being, that's my fear. I know it would be your fear. I don't think so. I don't.

I read, I'm hopeful that they do it as well. I think they will. And I think that's why he's part of, it was part of the deal. Yeah. And I think that there has to be recognition down at the dome. they've got a 29-year-old veteran Stanley Cup.

Two years left. Low money. Two years low money. We've got to get them. The problem is if they do say, well, we'll just don't wait till next year. Just don't. Move them this year.

That's my concern. It's two years after this one. We can move them in two years. And then, yeah, the player in the agent will run the negotiations again. Good work, everyone. Or he breaks his leg, or he plays like shit. Yeah, he's other the league, who knows? I think it's a great return for a rental.

Like, if you think you could get a second for Zach White Cloud in a deal, and I think he could because he's like a coveted four or five, maybe more. Is he way less than a, or he would be less than a car. Like, Durnal went for a second last year, and that's, he's a much better play than Brad Duhmline. Like, I think this is the equivalent of about two first round picks Craig got for a rental. It's just that it's not a rental. We're never going to know what to deal from the, other team was. Unless we knew exactly what it was and it fell through. But yeah.

Wow. I mean, the rumor was obviously that Poitra, Lower Eye, and it could have been the higher of the two firsts between Toronto or Boston or one of the teams because they hold two. But yeah, we don't know. That was the rumor. If you make a good pick with your drafts, whatever they are, the first of the second or two firsts, if the biggest happens to win, I don't think they're going to. But please do. By all means.

make a good choice with that pick. If that guy turns out to be a player, it's a home run. Yeah, go get another gridder or better. Go get a fucking Anderson. Yeah, sure. Hell yeah. That's great. That is how they're going to be measured.

They're not getting top prospects back in deals. They're getting picks. So you better be good with their picks. And to be fair, if I was going to grade Craig Conroy, give him a report card on him being a GM, the thing I'm most comfortable with is him at the draft. I think that's his strength, scouting and... I'm not there yet because all those guys that are still prospects to me.

They're not playing. They're not contributing. I'm not saying they're here. They've arrived. I'm saying if you redid those drafts, a lot of those flames guys are going way high. So that's good work. Good work finding guys. I'm not critiquing it.

I'm just, I'm passing judgment. I'm going to wait because Hansick hasn't done anything to show me that he's going to be impactful. He's been hurt lots. Correct's not playing. Who else? Reschney's still too young. Gridden, I think's going to be really...

You got to play. Basha, been hurt, wait and see. Vitaglia, scoring a time, but he's in the O. Mews, broke a leg, he's a colleague. There's just, there's all these guys. Well, wait and see how good they are, but I like that they've got lots of guys. I like that they've got lots of guys. I just always, I'm like, if you were with Carolina, they'd have lots of guys to.

Yeah. Everyone's got lots of guys, and it's the guys that come in to make an impact that matter. Yeah, that's fair. And it's still a system lacking a star. There's a lot of solid player ceilings, but not a lot of like, oh yeah, this guy's going to win a trophy one day. None of those guys.