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I'm no PIT fan, but why do they do that?
Anderson, has poor value right now after the poor playoffs and pretty pedestrian year, and oh yeah, hes a 5mil UFA.
I think hes taking the load of blame right now even though the entire team was pretty mediocre all year long, forwards don't forecheck/backcheck, defense is weak, the firewagon offense system is flawed, but Anderson is by far the best goalie in the system and don't think you get a goalie of equal talent/ability straight up in trade.
If anything they trade Anderson for peanuts and use his monies to pick up a UFA goalie. (The point being what team is desperate in the OFF season to trade for an older 5mil UFA goalie, when theres similar in UFA).
And while I like the UFA signings for their defensive ability, size and grit, none of those deals are even close to market value (Gudas goes from 3mil+ to 1mil? Engelland doesn't retire to VGS and signs for 700k?)