Miles Wood.
He isn't that great either but has a lesser cap hit that disappears after this season...

It probably should, yes.
Josh Anderson isn't worth the 2.75m cap space, to say nothing of 5.5m.

Okay, so virtually every response I see in this forum shows a bias for what their team’s players and prospects are worth…I am going to try and weigh in as non-Montreal/NJ fan. Anderson’s annual stats are largely affected by his injury history…only twice in his career has he exceeded 70 games. Over an 82 game season, he projects as a 20+ goal a year player. That is not 4th line. He would make a decent depth scoring piece for a team looking for a net front, power forward.

So looking for a comparable deadline deal….. PHI will be shopping JVR at the deadline and is speculated at something like a 2023 2nd and a 2024 3rd or 4th in return and lwould almost certainly not exceed two 2nd rounders. JVR plays a similar game, is a better playmaker/passer and has scored at a higher rate and produced more on the PP than Anderson for his career. I know Anderson is younger, but I would expect a deal for him to be similar, if not slightly less.

again, Anderson has had one single 0.5 ppg season in the NHL. JVR, in comparison, has had 13 in his 14 seasons. Josh Anderson is indeed a 4th liner for the Devils, because, while he can score goals, he cannot play higher in the lineup because of how 1-dimensional he is and he isn't defensive enough to play in a 3rd line shutdown situation.

JVR is a rental, who fully retained costs 3.5M. JA costs 5.5M for the next four years.

Not only that, his analytics are horrific and the Devils are a major analytics organization. It's just not happening, especially at this price.

And they say Habs fans are delusional?

He's probably being sarcastic dumping Anderson would obviously cost a lot more

Trolls are ruining the internet.

I agree Anderson would be hard to move. Not even sure if MTL would get something in return or have to pay to dump him.

But saying it would take a top 5 2023 1st to move him is just ridiculous. If he gets traded for something, you're going to look so bad.

Your question should be at best rhetorical otherwise it's meaningless as any poster can create an account and call McDavid a cap dump. What is your point? The whole idea is that the market sets the price, you are talking as if ppl here set the price which is the common mistake. You are NOT trading to get people to agree with you, you are trying to guess the market

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/montreal-690/dreger-teams-want-anderson-1.1914670

February 3rd. Apparently teams want Anderson.

A team will trade for Anderson. Might be yours.

Next look at the time stamp for the comment you’re quoting

What's wrong?

Oh, i just saw. My bad.

why are the devils giving up a B+ prospect, a young roster player, and a 1st for a guy who is a minor upgrade over miles wood?? thats a shakir Mukhamadullin away from being a timo package??

i wouldn't take josh anderson unless a 1st round pick comes with it bc hes a 4 year cap dump.

Miles wood also was on pace to score 20 on a crappy team a couple years ago. also much cheaper.

I'd rather have bastian than Anderson.

Rather have boeser for like a 2nd round pick at most

Saying "You are asking for a horvat like return" while actually asking for a horvat like return for JOSH ANDERSON is wild.

I think Hughes would love a big power forward winger on his line. It worked for McDavid and Kane. Think he could make Anderson score 25+ goals again? I think easily.

I think jack hughes would enjoy playing with an actually good player on his wing.

Also comparing Kane, whos never been below 0.5 ppg since his rookie year and was a near PPG player his last year in SJS, and anderson whos been above 0.5 ppg ONCE, is certainly a take

I said Anderson could be a big forward on Hughes line, and how it worked for McDavid and Kane. Where did i say Anderson is as good as Kane?

You have to understand, using two name in the same sentence doesn't mean i'm comparing them as players, just similar situations.

I asked you if Hughes could have Anderson score 25+ goals and you didn't answer so i'll consider it's a yes.

Hughes could have Anderson score 25 goals and it would be a worse line than just leaving him with haula who wins faceoffs and is strong defensively, or yegor, or mercer, or any number of already existing devils players. Adding anderson on his wing will make the hughes line worse, not better.
Anderson is also expensive with term, which will prevent the devils from resigning other players (eg Ryan Graves)

I agree adding Anderson salary would be difficult. However, NJ being the one of softest team in the NHL, they need some toughness and grit on their top 6 for playoffs, especially on Hughes line.

No, they need players who are good at hockey. Anderson is not.

Its called a market.
Its wild that you think what you think is value is what matters the most as opposed to you know the GMs around the league that set the price and that price has been confirmed over and over by Dreger, Seravelli and Lebrun.