Quoting: Poehling
Look, MTL don’t want to move Josh Anderson but teams keep calling for him. Pierre LeBrun said MTL turned down so serious offer before the TDL. So like or not, IF Anderson gets traded, the team acquiring him probably won’t like the price to acquire him
Chiarot brought a 1st + former 3rd RD pick Ty Smilanic + a 4th
Lehkonen brought former 1st RD pick Justin Barron + 2024 2nd rd pick
Kulak brought a 2nd RD pick + a 7th RD pick
People were saying Chiarot isn’t bringing a 1st RD pick alone
Lehkonen might get you a 2nd RD pick + late pick
Kulak isn’t getting a 3rd RD pick
Everyone were wrong, so I do believe that IF Anderson gets traded, it would be a good return for MTL
All the insiders have Anderson trade value as high. He went for much more than people thought in 2020 when ppl thought Domi's value was higher than Anderson but Anderson returned Max Domi and a 3rd despite Anderson having a career high of 47 points.
People keep mentioning that he only has scored 47 points so there's no value yet he has already been traded at a high value in Domi whom was coming off a 72 point season in 2019. Clearly, GMs around the league see more than a 47 point player and this is also misleading as Anderson is a goal scorer not a set up man.
Are we to believe that Josh Anderson will be setting up Draisaitl and Mcdavid? Of course not, he finishes chances with speed and size while making space on the ice. Scoring 27 goals and still being in his prime at 28 years old on a decent locked in contract til he's only 33 years old is of course attractive to a team like the Oilers as opposed to trading for someone older like say a Duncan Keith.
Holland has had his back against the wall in trade and contract negotiations with Edmonton not being the most desirable place. That is why getting a guy like Keith whom by every metric isnt good but wanted to play in Edmonton with a pedigree, this made him attractive to Holland. Saying a power forward with size, youth, speed, good contract, and pedigree in Anderson isnt attractive to Edmonton is simply foolishness.
People arent thinking rationally here but with emotion to say Edmonton wouldnt take Josh Anderson in a nanosecond.