2020 2nd CGY, need more prospects

CBJ say no. I like Asplund but we have a plethora of bottom 6ers and projected bottom 6ers. the only reason we are possibly trading him is to open up a roster spot, so we dont necessarily have to but if we do youre gonna have to overpay. i would be mad if a 2020 second and another conditional pick is not included.

With all due respect, anderson had 1 goal last season and needs a new contract.

exactly, so why the hell would we sell low on him?

so you don't have to pay him for past production? he is an RFA and will be seeking a raise.

The Anderson situation in Columbus will be interesting to follow. They had trouble signing him after his 27 goal season, then he had an injury riddled season where he scored 1 goal. Those negotiations will not be pretty I imagine. His QO is $2.1 million, so if they qualify him (which I'm sure they will) and can't get a multi year extension done, then he will have 1 year @ $2.1 million and then be a UFA.

My bet is if traded he would sign that contract above. A guaranteed $9 million would be comforting after the disastrous season he just had.

Calling Bozak a cap dump is misleading. He's more a cap casualty. We'd love to keep him, but re-signing Petro takes precedent. Basically, chances are decent that some team will beat that offer, most likely by offering a 2020 or 2021 pick of a similar level.

right but you say 'past production" like hes some old busted 35 year old. hes 26, and the reason he had a bad year is due to an unlucky SH% and a shoulder injury which he is now rehabbing from. he was one of our best forwards for 3 years before this one, you dont trade low on someone like that. its not like we are going to be forced to give him a big contract either. the best thing for columbus to do is move him for an overpay or keep him until the TDL and reevaluate. Jarmo has shown that he is willing to keep his good players regardless of whether or not they are re signing in columbus. not to mention Asplund is probably the farthest thing from a Columbus need right now.

My guess would be b level prospect + 2020 second +2021 fifth that turns into a second depending on Anderson's production. it is definitely a weird situation because CBJ is right to demand a big haul for him, but other GMs are totally right to tell CBJ they are not paying it.

he is being traded simply to clear salary. that is a cap dump.

good luck.

i mean, you can doubt me all you want, but it makes literal no sense to trade someone you can financially keep who is a GREAT player after they had a down year. If thats your opinion, would you support Buffalo selling Mittlestadt for a 5th round pick because he had a single bad year?

Columbus has no interest in trading Anderson. If you want him so bad offersheet him, it would be around a 2nd. Columbus won’t have any issues signing Anderson this year do to arbitration, that puts him at 1 year. If he continues to suck and shows the 27 goals was a fluke (btw that was the 1st year of the 1.85 contract not his ELC) then we let him walk and say good luck else where, if he shines again because he’s going to be a UFA and the team isn’t playing well we sell him at the deadline. Then if he’s playing well and the team is doing well we keep him and take a shot at the cup and hope he stays. IMO I think/hope the most probable is option 2 where he’s plays better and we sell him at the deadline.

Asplund is not a nothing prospect probably valued around a mid 3rd round pick. Looks like an nhl regular but does not appear to offer top 6 production.

As far as the Jackets are concerned, that's a "nothing prospect". Even with our prospect pool as shallow as it is, we've got, like, ten guys like that.

I would think you would want to move Anderson to make way for one of them to play and see what they can be at this level before their elc runs out

you are right, but Anderson has been a top 5 forward for us the last three years and should have been a top 3 for us this year. even if they want to clear space they are not gonna sell him for a bottom 6 guy and a 5th

No I disagree with this, think there is an important difference, a cap dump is a player who is well overpaid and hos cap has negative impact for what he provides. A cap casualty is a player who needs to be moved due the cap but is still a positive value player. For example JT Miller was definitely not a cap dump last year where as David Backes was. Its not super relevant to the post but I think its an important thing to distinguish.

That is a pretty low standard for a top 6 forward. Over 30 points once in his career

thats a poor argument considering he played 18/19 with nick foligno and boone jenner, plays 200 ft physically, OH and his last two seasons before this he scored 27 goals and in 17-18 played at a 24G and 14A pace. math tells me thats 2 seasons over 30 if you go with pace. im sure most teams would love to have a player like Anderson who can score 25 goals a year. christ, some people act like he is old. this past season was his 4th full year and he was getting better and better until now.

if he even once was a healthy scratch we should probably get paid to take him from what i hear.

If we are talking about pace he was on pace for 3 goals and 13 points over 82 for last season. Agreed there is talent there to work with, but he definitely appears to be best suited playing a bottom 6 checking line role where he can hopefully produce 15 goals and 30 points over probably 65 games per year playing the style he plays and considering the major injuries he has already dealt with.

he obviously had a bad year, but that just reinforces that CBJ should not trade low on him. i disagree with the rest of your comment, i will take his three previous seasons over his one bad season where he was extremely unlucky and was dealing with an injury