habs need to retain AT LEAST 20% on that horrendous Anderson contract

Montreal is not retaining or giving a pick in an Anderson-Puljujarvi swap. Anderson is the better player so Edmonton needs to add.

Also that Nashville trade is horrible for Montreal. Dvorak gets a 1st + 3rd or 4th (1st min) on his own. Retaining on Dadonov will get a late 1st or early 2nd at the deadline. Then we add a 2nd for free to be nice. I don't think so!

Dallas can go after Tyson Barrie or Brent Burns or Tyler Myers and not have to give up a 1st round pick, For a 34 year old RD making $6,250,000 for 3 more years.

Good luck taking Frank Nazar III at 17th overall. unless Matthew Savoie or Cutter Gauthier falls to Detroit at #8 there's no way that Nazar gets past them.

Going after Barrie is the cheaper option if that’s the route they want to take but Petry is the closest replacement for Klingberg that you’re gonna find on the market. Myers is horrible and Vancouver fans will vouch for that. Burns is making 2mil more than Petry so if your so worried about cap than that’s another terrible move to make. Yes Petry is old but he’s the best option available for a top 2 RHD without selling the farm

litterally ratined 3mil of petry's deal and added allen whos worth atleast a 2nd round pick. On top of that, Petry at 3 million is light years more valuable than any of those dman you named with their current contracts, lol.

His contracts not even that bad.. I don’t know if he’s the best fit for Edm because they already have Hyman but let’s not discredit every single player on the habs just cuz they finished last. Can be a 30 goal scorer on a 2nd line for any team

anderson is not better then puljujarvi

Anderson has more goals, more assists and more points in 3 of the last 4 years than Puljujarvi. He is also more physical, faster, better defensively and a locker room leader. Think you need to check your glasses if you think Poolparty is better.

Also the one season Puljujarvi outscored Anderson, Anderson played 26 games with 1 goal and 3 assists, Puljujarvi played 41 games and had 4 goals 5 assists.

to be fair, anderson is not even close to being better DEFENSIVELY than puljujarvi

what are you talking about?? puljujarvi has had more points the last 2 years, younger, and better defensively. Anderson isn't good, nor is he even close to being better then puljujarvi.

puljujarvi is so much better defensively it isn't close

Oh you are right my bad Puljujarvi had 4 more points this year and 1 more last year, that must make him elite compared to Anderson! Poolparty is not better defensively, maybe MAYBE you could argue that he is equal but Poolparty floats as much as Drouin. Even if you look at ppg over their careers Anderson's is higher at .401 compared to .378.

you cannot be serious.. a 24 year old with half the cap hit. pulju had a Selke vote or two, Anderson had how many??

this shouldn't be an argument, stop being bias

How many 40 point seasons has Puljujarvi had? Zero! How many times has he even been over 15 goals? Right once! Anderson has had 1 40 point season and 5 times been over 15 goals. Why is this even an argument? Stop being biased

ur comparing a 28 year olds point totals to a 24 year olds, whos played 3 full seasons. Anderson is BAD and a team is gonna get a brutal awakening when they overpay for him. you have no idea what your talking about

so youd pay to have josh anderson at 5.5 mil instead of puljujarvi at 2.5?

Absolutely I would rather pay a player 5.5 mil to score 15+ goals and 25+ points, who plays physical and with speed. Over paying a guy 2.5 mil who puts up 10-15 goals and 25 points max, who is soft on the puck, doesn't battle worth crap and whines when he doesn't get his way.

you must have never watched him lol, you know his next contract is probably gonna be 2.5mil so i don't know how that's overpaying. You know nothing about this topic, casual montreal fan

anderson is also an overpayment if hes only putting up 30 points a season hahahaha

Let me flip that around on you, would you rather pay Tyler Pitlick 2.5 mil for his 10-15 goals and 25 points or Hyman 5.5 mil for his 20+ goals and 30+ points? Keep in mind that Hyman's and Puljujarvi's stats are padded from playing their entire careers with players like Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Draisaitl and McDavid and Anderson has never had those types of players feeding him pucks.

Yes he is if he is only putting up 30 points but that isn't all he does. He also plays physical, punishes the opposing D and drops his gloves to stick up for teammates, Puljujarvi does none of that. If Puljujarvi isn't scoring he brings nothing to the table, if Anderson isn't scoring he is still physical, still fights and still punishes opposing D.

I don't understand how you can compare players by their points. Even comparing by points pulju is better. just go look at some advanced stats, puljujarvi is better in almost every category. Just cause andersen has a bigger contract, and is older doesn't mean hes better.

also like I said, puljujarvi is elite defensively, that's why so many edm fans like him. He's better without the puck than he is with it, which is really hard to come by, especially at 24.

LMAO, who has more goals? Anderson. Who has the better ppg over their careers? Anderson. Who is tougher to play against? Anderson. Who punishes the opposing D more? Anderson. Who is more willing to drop the gloves? Anderson. Who has played with 2 of the world's top centers for the last 6 years? Puljujarvi and he still can't out pace Anderson significantly in points. I know you said Puljujarvi had a single Selke vote but TBH that means squat, in fact the whole NHL awards voting is a joke that needs to be revamped. The whole system runs off of NHL writers association, basically that means that the beat reporters for every team vote on the award winners. Puljujarvi having a single vote could quite literally mean that a single Oilers beat writer thought he played good defense. You are never going to get an honest assessment when fans (which beat writers basically are) vote on awards. For me the voting system would be much more valuable if voted on by the executives or GM's or players or a combination of all of the above. Maybe the board of governors and the player reps from every team should do the voting. That would make it a much more valid system.