{"id":415624,"date":"2026-01-19T07:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/415624\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:45:21","slug":"golden-knights-trade-for-andersson-lose-honorary-original-misfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/415624\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights Trade for Andersson, Lose Honorary Original Misfit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The halfway point of the NHL season has come and gone. Even with all of the parity in the Western Conference, some teams\u2013 like the Vegas Golden Knights, who sit atop the Pacific Division\u2013 have pulled away from the pack. Others\u2013 like the Calgary Flames, who sit at 29th in the league\u2013 have accepted their fate as sellers this season.<\/p>\n<p>Those two particular teams didn\u2019t wait until the Trade Deadline to start making their moves. On Sunday, the Golden Knights acquired defenseman Rasmus Andersson from the Calgary Flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Knights have been circling Andersson for quite some time. The buzz started last summer, when Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported that they were interested in the defenseman.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, the rumors came back with a vengeance. Pierre LeBrun reported that the Golden Knights were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/vegas-golden-knights\/report-golden-knights-were-pretty-close-to-rasmus-andersson-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">very close<\/a>\u201d to acquiring Andersson over the summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That noise is all in the past now. Andersson is officially a Golden Knight. Along with picks, defenseman Zach Whitecloud is the main piece going back the other way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andersson to Vegas with 50 per cent retained<\/p>\n<p>Return:<\/p>\n<p>Whitecloud<br \/>2027 1st<br \/>2027 2nd, becomes a first if Vegas wins Cup this year<br \/>Abram Weibe, a defenceman at UND<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/2013017735744151911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whitecloud signed with Vegas as an undrafted free agent out of Bemidji State University in 2017 and has been with the organization ever since. He played 368 regular season games with the Golden Knights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whitecloud helped them win the Stanley Cup in 2022-23, playing all 22 games and adding a game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup Final. <\/p>\n<p>At 25% retained, Andersson heads to Vegas with a salary cap hit of just $2.275 million. He will become a free agent this summer, and as of now, there is no extension in place.<\/p>\n<p>After sending their 2027 first-round pick to the Flames, the Golden Knights\u2019 cabinet of draft picks is all but depleted. They don\u2019t have a first-round selection until 2028\u2013 and if they win the Stanley Cup this season, that 2028 first will go to Calgary, as well.<\/p>\n<p>But draft picks don\u2019t matter to teams that are trying to win the Stanley Cup. And that\u2019s exactly what the Golden Knights are trying to do.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hannah-kirkell-bio-pic.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tHannah  Kirkell  is  a  beat  writer  covering  the  Vegas  Golden  Knights  for  Vegas  Hockey  Now  on  Sportsnaut.  She  studied  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/hannah-kirkell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hannah Kirkell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The halfway point of the NHL season has come and gone. Even with all of the parity in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5129],"tags":[26,149,5317,5,4,4433,3613,74,39,5316],"class_list":{"0":"post-415624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vegas-golden-knights","8":"tag-calgary-flames","9":"tag-golden-knights","10":"tag-goldenknights","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-nhl-trade","14":"tag-trade","15":"tag-vegas","16":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","17":"tag-vegasgoldenknights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115920656764535753","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}