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I'm gonna have to disagree with my fellow Habs fan here...
Habs absolutely would make that deal. We all like Anderson, and rightfully so...but the reality is that he's just outside of the window we're trying to build here in terms of age, and while I'm perfectly comfortable with Anderson's contract for what he brings, that $5.5m could be necessary pretty quickly with the youngsters we have on the team, when they'll come out of their ELCs.
In Cossa, Habs would land a legit goalie prospect. Was his performance thus far a bit underwhelming ? Yes. Do I prefer Wallstedt between the two ? Also yes. But there's still upside there. Zadina is still young enough to get fixed by MSL, and adding a 2nd and 3rd in 2023 would be right on with what the Habs are doing right now.
It's all a moot point, as this trade doesn't really make sense for Detroit.