Quoting: Isles5513
Danault plays Center and wins an insane # of faceoffs. Lehkonen played in a more reduced roll than Anderson if I’m not mistaken.
Quoting: Isles5513
Feels like ur just using Lehkonen as an excuse to justify an incredible overpayment for Anderson. Can’t compare the two imo.
Why can’t I? You brought up Anderson’s point total as a way to justify that he’s not worth more than an overpaid center who hasn’t shown anything in this league and a defencemen who was put on waivers. If you’re going to introduce to this argument other features that players bring, aside from point totals, then allow me to point out that Anderson’s combination of size and speed are highly sought after by gms in the league. If you feel like taking an hour or so, which I highly doubt you do cause you’ve probably got more important things going on in your life, watch the Hab-Vegas series. In that series Anderson scores two huge goals (one courtesy of MAF) and scares Alex pietraneglo so much he’s afraid to go into a corner with him. I’m not advocating for Anderson to get a second overall pick like many idiots on this site are doing, I’m saying Anderson should be able to fetch a Lehkonen-esque return (mid round pick and good prospect) and not another team’s garbage.
Lehkonen played with danault and Gallagher throughout the majority of the playoffs. And was the trade really an overpay? Look at how he’s doing in Colorado now.