Rumor: Dhaliwal- Keeps hearing Habs want Boeser. Claims that Habs have wanted Boeser for a long time, previously offered Romanov.

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

And why would a rebuilding team or any team for that matter want Josh Anderon's contract?

It's one of the worst in the league.


40 points?

You're talking about his 46 points in 71 games last year?

Or the 49 points in 56 games the year prior?

Or the 45 points in 57 games the year prior to that?

Or the 56 points in 69 games the year prior to that?

Or the 55 points in 62 games the year prior to that?

If you don't know anything about hockey just say so.

LMAO. You just posted the last 3 season he was a 40 point player and trending downwards the last 5 seasons. But yea he is a top 6 player.

Clearly you need to follow your own advise.

 

[egelband]

I keep Anderson over Boeser

Me too. I don't understand the Anderson hate. Would love him on the rangers.

 

[lawrence]

Cool. Keep him. Or trade him to another team. He’s not a fit for Montreal

Me too. I don't understand the Anderson hate. Would love him on the rangers.

No hate. But I know your’re a stats scout. Brock boeser destroys josh Anderson when it comes to stats. But totally understandable if you prefer josh Anderson over Brock. Some teams would some teams who need offence will prefer Brock. Josh Anderson is also attached with questionable contract.

 

[Qwijibo]

No hate. But I know your’re a stats scout. Brock boeser destroys josh Anderson when it comes to stats. But totally understandable if you prefer josh Anderson over Brock. Some teams would some teams who need offence will prefer Brock. Josh Anderson is also attached with questionable contract.

I’d say both players have contract issues. Thst said if Boeser isn’t scoring he doesn’t bring anything else to the party. He’s poor defensively, slow, and not physical. Anderson a great skater, is better defensively and can play with an edge that Boeser isn’t capable of.

I’m actually a fan of both teams and there simply isn’t a place on the Montreal roster for Boeser when he’s making $6.65 m a year

 

[StickShift]

I fully expect whoever trades for Boeser to win the deal. This is a player that desperately needs a fresh start both personally and professionally.


Vancouver won't get a lot for him considering the circumstances. It will be nearly impossible for them to win a trade. This is more a trade that they need to make to do right for the player.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Montreal isn't the team they were in the 90's anymore. That all died just after they drafted Carey Price.

 

[junyab]

Love Boeser despite his shortcomings. If he isn't too expensive let's go.

 

[abo9]

Sounds par for the course for Bergevin. Locks 4 RW's to expensive contracts then look to trade a solid young player at a position of weakness for yet another "meh" RW.

I'm still not convinced that trading Romanov was the move to do, but Dach has looked solid and we needed a C more than a RW... although ironically thats where he plays right now haha

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Bergevin isn't with Montreal anymore. I could see Montreal liking Boeser 2-3 years ago, like everyone else did & before injuries started to take their toll on him.

But, we're rebuilding now. Romanov is gone. This makes no sense.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

different GM and we have enough overpaid wingers already

 

[Captain97]

The Habs still need 2 top 6 forwards for the long term assuming:

Suzuki, Caufield, Dach, Slaf all stay/become one.

Boeser being the trigger man on our 2nd line for the long run makes sense.

If the Habs can Acquire another good player say Dubois then top 6 would be. If they can't get a centre then shift Dach back to C and get another winger either way boeser fits imo.

Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Slaf - Dubois - Boeser

Oldest player here is 25

Edit:assuming the deal makes sense/we can send Hoffman or Armia the other way

 

[nucksflailtogether]

I hope they get him and he gets rejuvenated. I can't help but feel that playing in another fishbowl like Montreal won't be the change of scenery he needs though.

 

[Steeler23]

LMAO.

Are people really that delusional here?

10 minutes later:

Josh Anderson is one of the worst contracts in the league. Nobody is touching that contract with a ten foot pole.

After months of report that a lot of GMs are calling for Josh Anderson and are always turned down, I'm wondering who's delusional?

I don't know, maybe GMs and coaches are looking at more than juste point production?

 

[Timmer44]

What would the Habs have to add to a Boeser for Hoffman, or a Boeser for Drouin?

Boeser for Hoffman and ?
Boeser for Drouin and ?

 

[Steeler23]

The Habs still need 2 top 6 forwards for the long term assuming:

Suzuki, Caufield, Dach, Slaf all stay/become one.

Boeser being the trigger man on our 2nd line for the long run makes sense.

If the Habs can Acquire another good player say Dubois then top 6 would be. If they can't get a centre then shift Dach back to C and get another winger either way boeser fits imo.

Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Slaf - Dubois - Boeser

Oldest player here is 25

Edit:assuming the deal makes sense/we can send Hoffman or Armia the other way

So you just assume that no one between Mesar, Farrell, Roy, Ylonen, Heineman (or even one of our 2 1st round pick in the next draft) could fill that spot?

You realise that it's absolutely unnecessary to have that kind of Top-6 this year (or next) while having the D core that we have + no real #1 goalie?

 

[Captain97]

So you just assume that no one between Mesar, Farrell, Roy, Ylonen, Heineman (or even one of our 2 1st round pick in the next draft) could fill that spot?

You realise that it's absolutely unnecessary to have that kind of Top-6 this year (or next) while having the D core that we have + no real #1 goalie?

I'm not saying they can't, but if boeser comes cheap/we can offload a bad contract I'd happily take him

Also I feel like we'll draft a RHD and Goalie unless we end up in the top 7.

 

[Steeler23]

I'm not saying they can't, but if boeser comes cheap/we can offload a bad contract I'd happily take him

Also I feel like we'll draft a RHD and Goalie unless we end up in the top 7.

I would also add him if we can unload a contract (Dadonov/Drouin/Hoffman/Armia) and the added asset is cheap, but for a different reason. I don't want him for the future (since his contract will be hard to manage and we would need to resign him around the time we could start to turn it around), but if we can buy low/sell high next year or the one after (with retention), it could be a big win in the long run.

 

[JohnHodgson]

Me too. I don't understand the Anderson hate. Would love him on the rangers.

You would love a third line winger who's declining and set to make $5.5M for 4 more years?

I love HFBoards.

 

[JohnHodgson]

What would the Habs have to add to a Boeser for Hoffman, or a Boeser for Drouin?

Boeser for Hoffman and ?
Boeser for Drouin and ?

How bad is Armia these days?

I think Drouin, Hoffman and Armia in terms of players coming back are preferable in that order. Drouin to open up cap room and potentially be a buy low candidate.

Drouin + 2nd round pick is a fair offer and makes sense. Drouin is someone who desperately needs a change of scenery... why the Habs still have him on the team makes no sense to me.

10 minutes later:

After months of report that a lot of GMs are calling for Josh Anderson and are always turned down, I'm wondering who's delusional?

I don't know, maybe GMs and coaches are looking at more than juste point production?

I'm sure tons of GMs were calling for OEL too. Look how that turned out

Teams are probably interested in trading an equally bad contract in return for Anderson.

Anderson by himself has no value. If he got waived, nobody would take his contract for free.

 

[JohnHodgson]

The Habs still need 2 top 6 forwards for the long term assuming:

Suzuki, Caufield, Dach, Slaf all stay/become one.

Boeser being the trigger man on our 2nd line for the long run makes sense.

If the Habs can Acquire another good player say Dubois then top 6 would be. If they can't get a centre then shift Dach back to C and get another winger either way boeser fits imo.

Caufield - Suzuki - Dach
Slaf - Dubois - Boeser

Oldest player here is 25

Edit:assuming the deal makes sense/we can send Hoffman or Armia the other way

Exactly... I don't get the sentiment from Habs fans saying Boeser doesn't make sense at all.

They have one true top six winger in Caufield. Boeser would be their third best offensive player behind Suzuki and Caufield.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Me too. I don't understand the Anderson hate. Would love him on the rangers.

People don't understand that Anderson brings other things when not on the scoresheet. Is he massively overpaid? Yes but he brings size speed and forecheck things that every team would want. Especially in the playoffs.


But yeah im not saying he's great or anything but when he's not producing points he's still making oppositions D lives harder

 

[biturbo19]

As a Canucks fan, at this point, i'd swap Boeser for Anderson. Worst case, i think Anderson is probably easier to flip at the deadline. But either way, a big, fast, physical player is a lot more useful to the Canucks than a soft perimeter scorer. That's not to say Boeser is useless, or wouldn't be a good fit somewhere else that needs what he brings, as an infusion of skill. The Canucks just already have a bunch of skill guys, and a lot of them happen to be quite small.


So much of the Canucks situation is contingent on what happens with Horvat though. Until they have that figured out, it's a sort of sword hanging over their heads. What happens there is going to really change what does/does not make sense for the rest of the team composition and direction.

 

[danyhabsfan]

LMAO. You just posted the last 3 season he was a 40 point player and trending downwards the last 5 seasons. But yea he is a top 6 player.

Clearly you need to follow your own advise.

40 pts player scoring at a 62 pts pace last 3 seasons.

 

[Steeler23]

I'm sure tons of GMs were calling for OEL too. Look how that turned out

You call people delusional, but go on and compare OEL situation with Josh Anderson? Wow.

I won't even go on the fact that one got plenty of rumors about GMs calling for him (which might indicate that GMs don't see that contract as badly as you), OEL had a full NMC, which greatly affected any trade talk around him.

Look, we all understand. You don't like Josh Anderson. You think his contract is bad. And I mostly agree that he's overpaid a bit. But saying he has bad value is just wrong. You are probably a stats watcher (which is the case for 90% of people giving their opinions on players to be fair, so it's not a dig against you). Anderson brings a lot of little things that GMs and coaches love. He's good in the locker room. And just the fact that he is big with speed, all those old school GMs would like him just because of that.

 

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

40 pts player scoring at a 62 pts pace last 3 seasons.

its a funny thing pace and actual points at the end of a season. Its kinda like winning the stanley cup in EA sports or the real thing.