Kobe Armstrong
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By the same logic, if Hughes capitalized on Anderson's trade value when it was the highest, we would be in a much better position than we are now.Galchenyuk (3rd overall pick) + 2020 3rd round pick -> Domi -> Anderson were not a good trades.
A good trade would have been to identify sooner than AG was not the guy and then trade him at full value like TB did with Drouin. This is what would have been a good trade. Getting Anderson for a 3rd overall pick + 3rd round pick was not good at all.
There were serious rumors that we wanted a top-10 pick for Anderson in the Slafkovsky draft, with the media even talking about New Jersey's 2nd overall for Anderson +.
Hughes decided to hold out for a king's ransom, and it backfired. Not the end of the world, but when Bergevin left, Anderson was a valuable player.
I think Anderson just isn't a fit with MSL but could be a decent player in another system.