In what world is that Pens trade plausible in any way?

these are all so heavily in favor the Habs

Are you surprised? Habs fan gonna habs fan

Devils counter with FLA 1st + Justin Barron + Jonathan Drouin for Miles Wood.

Monahan, Edmunson, and Anderson are not worth 1st round picks.

All are closer to having negative value than they are to the valuations depicted here.

-Rangers have decent C depth (Mika-Trocheck-Chytil-Goodrow are their current guys), I can't see them spending a 1st rounder on another one. If they add, it's more to add a top flight winger or strengthen their bottom pair D, I would think.

-Habs fans need to look at Jersey's lineup and answer a simple question: when everyone is healthy, who in the top 9 does Josh Anderson displace? I'll even agree to forget the cap (doesn't work even with Johnsson going back) if Montreal fans agree to forget the "reports" (a guy with a blog who majorly contradicted himself in the post every Habs fan is pointing at.) Just answer me who Josh Anderson is going to replace in the Devils lineup, and then ask if that makes him worth a 1st and a good prospect.

-Speaking of cap not working, Edmonton doesn't have the room to do this even if Ken Holland suffered a major head injury and thought it would be a good idea.

-Doesn't make a ton of sense for the Pens, IMO. I could see them moving Kapanen in a change of scenery trade but treating him like a cap dump when he's a 26 year old making $3.2M to score 30-35 points and play solid defense is just silly. And while Edmundson is an upgrade, I can't see them paying a '23 1st for an upgrade at LD3 basically. (Pettersen-Dumo-POJ turning into Petterssen-Edmundson-Dumo.)

-Nobody's giving up a 4th for any of those guys. Drouin's hurt (again), Dadonov has been a bum, and Paul Byron's basically on a milk carton at this point.

Nobody is giving up anything for your cap dumps in drouin, a cancer, Paul Byron, cap dump, and a scratch guy, no

Josh Anderson - would need retention on his contract to start

Habs fans: We want Miles Wood

Kent Hughes: We have Miles Wood at home!

*Miles Wood at home* -> Josh Anderson

At the moment that's not even the right phrasing of the question.
It should be, 'even with Bastian and Palat currently injured, who does Anderson beat out for a spot in the Devils lineup?'
It's not Boqvist, he's been playing quite well as their 3C since Palat got injured.
It's not Wood or McLeod who's been playing way above their usual level on the 4th line.
It's not Holtz, you know that winger they drafted 7th overall a couple of years back...