Craving trades

I'm warning ya, don't trade that 1st

The Panthers one?

This is the first Anderson trade I've seen with a 1st coming BACK with Anderson....but even still, I can't see any way Devils have interest in the Anderson contract.

Some rando podcaster for the Habs blurts out the Devils are VERY interested, well I have bad news on that front for Habs fans.

The Devils are a high analytics team, Anderson analytics stink.

None of the Devils trades were actually forecasted. Anyone saying the Devils had interest in VV is just a shot in the dark knowing the Devils needed a goalie. Beyond that, no one saw the Siegenthaler or Marino trades coming. Not even the Ryan Graves deal had any leaks. So why would the Devils suddenly have openly leaked discussions on a bad analytic player with too large of a contract for his output??

If anyone wants to look at John Marino underperforming last year....well...look at the cost the Devils gave up for him. They bought low, and he's been stellar. Any purchase of an underperforming Anderson wouldn't also come with the cost of a highly valuable asset.

Forgetting analytics for a second, Anderson is the kind of guy that scares players in playoffs with his speed and heavy hits.
He won't ever score 20+ goals, but the Devils badly needs a guy like him.
Hughes, Bratt, Hischier, Tatar are going to get beat up by top teams like Bruins, Tampa, Vegas, etc.

Or the Devils could just outplay those teams, and score actual goals, instead of trying to hit them away?