Quoting: Windjammer
I think you meant to say there are NO credible reports that say he has positive value. Montreal beat reporters trying for clicks maybe.
Every time you hear anyone talk about dumping Anderson they always qualify it with "obviously Montreal will need to take back a close to equal amount of bad contacts or cap dumps in dollars and term to facilitate a deal" or something to that affect.
You can't seriously believe teams are lining up to tie themselves to an anchor can you?
No i mean literally every source outside Brendan Kelly reports the opposite including the 1 guy who has to know in our GM Kent Hughes who's a former Player Agent and above all else knows how to evaluate talent and maximizing it. Its baffling why people look at his cap and start crying but the reality is like Kent Hughes said dozens of times unless someone overpays he's more then happy to have Anderson here.
What non credible sources or people with opinions think
It doesnt change the facts of the situation.
Its one thing to say "i disagee with those 9/10 writers in the majority"
That's your right to have an opion 100% ,Democracy demands it.
What you cannot say however is that Experts paid to report on such things arent credible because it didnt line up with your agenda.
I dont always agree with Stu Cowan but i'd never slander him to try to make a point because in the end it means my point wasnt credible enough to withstand logic based debate.
Reality is you're naive enough to think "MTL will have to do something to make the cap work with NJD, CGY or NYI" because those were all the teams linked to him and they had little cap . 2/3 teams have been actively trying to use Lucic and Bailey to make moves. That doesnt mean MTL isnt getting paid it means the only way that team can be in a position to pay them is if MTL takes on a pending UFA and sells them off themselves. Wow that sucks right ? having to potentially trade Bailey a 2.5m with RS at his production would be impossible . .. . hahahaha
Its why Kent Hughes is where he is and we're where we are.
Hughes constantly does interviews explaining his POV and he see's situations like Monahan or Bailey as a positive not a negative as long as the price is right.
No move Hughes has ever made suggests he'll do anything but get paid way more then anyone on here predicts as with Chiarot as with Kulak as with Toffoli , ext
Even Hammond we signed for like a month and traded got us Nate Schnarr who with Condotta(Matt Martins couisn) has been a huge part of wreaking havoc vs AHL top 6 squads.
Most important Schnarr's line pounds and grinds down opponents with his winger Condotta scoring a Hat Trick last game to put him in sold possesion of 2nd in Goals on the team.
He also create's room for the smaller Teasdale and his line to destroy as Teasdale has 13 goals 8 assists in the last 20 games since Schnarr moved from Center to Condotta's wing.
My point is even the moves that seem like nothing work out to have an impact in Hughes system.
Its likely why all the first 5 rounds of his Drafter are either top 10 in their Leagues, Played for their Country internationally with good numbers or are just in Junior for seasoning almost making the camp this year . He hasnt made a bad move yet even swapping Injury Prone Cameron Hillis for Nick Beaudin who's 4th year pro and for the first time every looking like a 1st round D prospect he was in Caufields/Dachs draft class. The only negative i can think of is not firing Alex Burrows when he fired Ducharme.
As long as he's running the team i know there wont be anyone moving Anderson
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