I don't think it is so much clinging, vs getting something for him, which is difficult at the moment given that he's gone full Power Donkey. I do hope that they consider waiving at least one of the dead weight contracts. Hopefully Armias because unless Bergevin convinces Rob Blake that LA needs a stud forward, nobody else is going to touch him with a 10 ft pole.
Your assumption is that the value offered for Anderson currently is worth moving him. We just don’t know.
I think most were ready to tank, the issue is that every time we win a some people seem to switch to win now mode… We had a better start than expected and good performance for young players and the fact that 4-5 team are out tanking us and we won’t be able to catch up a lot of people got there hope up and now that we are back to normal people are a little more negative about the performances… That hope is going to be beaten out of them over the next couple months and everyone will be back to being ok with tanking and enjoying individual performances over team results.
I vehemently disagree, as Friedman & LeBrun keep saying, Dvorak is very highly regarded amongst Western GMs looking to add a veteran defensive presence @ C on a very digestible AAV & term
It's also not necessary. Anyone who think we must blow the entore roster to have a chance to draft Bedard grossly overrated this team. Trade Monahan at the deadline. Offer Dvorak and Edmundson with retention. You don't need to do more than that. The rest of the lineup is trash and Suzuki/Caufield/Guhle are not ready to make a team wins games with Allen and Montombeau as goalies.
There's too many years left on Anderson's contract atm. It will scare GM. You can retain on Edmundson and Dvorak. There's only 1 and 2 years left. You can predict how the retention will affect you and with money retained they will become interesting. An Edmundson at 2.x millions and Dvorak at 3.x million will gather interest for sure imo.
Well he was able to skate or walk and he's young so i don't think this will affect him long term. Don't think he would have been able to skate and walk so well with a full tear. But a knee bending like that there's a good chance for a partial tear which would keep him out of the game for a few weeks. I'm not an expert BTW (far from it) just speaking from experience. I stand corrected if there's any expert in chat
Even if he's only out for a few games, injuries like that are a precursor for worse.
My assumption is that Anderson's value cannot possibly be lower than his play on the ice, and it declines with each game that he plays. Getting out from under that contract while obtaining any kin of asset is worthwhile, even if we're not going to be competitive for the next few years.
Indeed; that was why I would have offloaded him during the summer or taken the best offer available when he had a hot-streak at the start of the season - hence my disagreement with management's decisions. He's only getting worse and cementing his current play, as ever, as "the real Anderson.."
He’s been our best defenseman for sure.
We’ve seen a lethal sniper getting unleashed yet again in the GDT, with @Apoplectic Habs Fan taking aim on Anderson:
“Power Donkey!!! He is just learning to harness the power of the ass”
At another point, Anderson took a stick to the mouth, which drew a 4-minute penalty. Said the sniper: “Tell me he didnt lose his Donkey teeth”
It wasn’t all bad, though. Anderson did get his due whenever he did something worthwhile: “Good try Power Donkey” OK, so that only happened one time.
A useless trend was how low talent vets were reviewing plays on a tablet as soon as they returned to the bench. Which didn’t go unnoticed by our sniper:
“Where is Eddy? two idiots looking at tablet over and over”
Why limit good cheer to the few when you can include Armia, Dadonov and Drouin:
“2/3 of dumb, dumber, dumbest looking at the tablet”
“I cant believe i just watch Drouin, Armia and Dadonov all on together Mtl is going to be investigated for throwing games”
Gallagher? Got into a forgetful fight near the end of the game:
“Worst player on the ice then acts fake tough”
Also Gallagher: “He is just a higher paid longer term Armia Guy doesnt give two shits. Collecting paycheques”
The games have been putrid lately but the best action still comes from out GDT banter. And yes, we still have the best snipers.
