ah yes, let's judge a player's abilities and importance based on how much they are traded on armchair gm

idk if you've actually watched the leafs play, but andersen is not the source of their problems. he's faced more shots than any other goalie, typically plays more games than any other goalie etc. etc.

have fun with 37 year old 10.5M price I guess

I think you need to check your stats again! Price played 58 games and faced 1755 shot this season second to only Hellebuyck. Anderson played 51 games and faced 1577 shots good for 4th place behind Vasalevski. Price also stopped 1595 of those shots compared to Anderson who stopped 1434 of those shots. So while the both ended up with a .909 save percentage Price also faced 200 ish more shots. Price still ended up with a better GAA at 2.79 vs Andersen at 2.85. Keep telling yourself that Andersen faced the most shots this season so his numbers were skewed cause anyone who looks at the stats will see the truth.!

TBH, I'd rather have the Eriksson and Okposo contracts. Obviously it's still very good players vs. guys who are pretty much useless, but the term is much more manageable and wouldn't have the long term implications on a team thats always gonna be tight to the cap like Toronto.

Price and Andersen have similar stats, however you want to read in to it to see who's better. But they're very similar, and Price's numbers seem to show he's declining. The difference, as everyone said, is one is signed for a year at 5M, and the other is signed til he's nearly 40 at 10.5. I hope Price does well for you guys, but I personally would not touch that contract with a 10 ft pole.

Cool, we will keep Price and you can keep Andersen . Price earned that contract by being the best Goalie in the world for like 10 years in a row. BTW you say his numbers show he is declining but you don't think to take into consideration that since signing that contract the team has had absolutely horrible defense. They seem to given up 5-10 odd man rushes and clear breakaways every game. With how bad his defense has been those numbers are actually quite good.

No one said Freddy was heading to the hall when he retires. And frankly, who really cares? I don’t know whether Price will be in the Hall or not, but it doesn’t matter because he’s past his prime. Right now, these two goalies are just as good as each other. But ones contract is half as cheap and 5 times as short.
Do you ever see leafs fans saying: Jumbo is going to be in the hall of fame. We are going to trade him for McDavid! No. That’s because some people realize when a player is over the hill and not worth as much as they used to be.

If that is really the case then why does every second trade propose moving Andersen

What does this have to do with how good Andersen is? People want to trade him because they are afraid he will leave in a year I guess. Toronto fans seem to, in a certain period of time, trade one player in every trade proposal that exists. I don't know why. I try not to get pulled in but sometimes I do and post Andersen trades. That doesn't mean he isn't good. Also, maybe you've noticed the majority of Andersen trades are for a 1st rounder, or a good Defenceman like Pesce.

No the majority of Anderson trades are him as parent of a package for a better goalie (Keumper, Merzlikins, Korpasalo, Price, Raanta are only some of the names I saw yesterday). If Toronto fans feel that Andersen 8s better than Price at half the cost souldnt they be trying to figure out a way to lock him up rather than trade him? I mean why not move Marner who will likely never live up to his 11 Mil contract to plug other holes and lock up Andersen for another 4 or 5 years? I am not saying Marner isn't a great player but he is not in McDavid, Eichel or Mathews league he is overpaid by about 1.5-2 Mil and will still get another raise in 5 years time.

Correction. Not a better goalie. They are looking for a goalie with longer term at a cheap price (Raanta is an execption here, as is Price. This is the first one I've seen wth Anderson for Price). Andersen is a great goalie, but fans are concerned Dubas is going to overpay him. He deserves his 5 million dollar cap hit. But is we worth 6 million until he is 37 (the projected contract for him)? Probably not. When signing a contract, you have to keep in mind what a player will look like at the end of his contract. Andersen will likely not be as good as he is now when he is 37.

I agree with you here actually. My issue came from further up where others were saying Andersen was BETTER than Price which is simply not true. Price is or will be overpaid by like 1-2 Mil right now and increases to maybe 3 Mil by the end of his contract but that doesn't mean Andersen is better just cause his cap hit is lower.