Quoting: Howie
Winnipeg needs another forward come playoffs as having kupari on the team is a little sketchy. Jets are also one of the only teams that can afford Anderson for the contract that is a contender. So the jets make an upgrade of player but is on a terrible contract and get a pick that can be used to trade for a legit top 4 dman.
Mtl getting cap space for better players via FA and allowing for players like Ylonen and Roy to have ice time will be ideal. Ylonen could boom with the opportunity but with Anderson there the potential is being wasted while Anderson makes 8m this year for 2 assists and actively making his line mates worse
If you need a forward, pay for him! And your argument is that Anderson only have 2 pts, so he is a bad player. Yet, you say that you need another forward like him. How incoherent…
Montreal doesn’t need any cap space. This offseason, they will have around 14m after the basic signings. Next offseason, 26m with their only 2 big contract to negotiate in the 4 years left of Anderson (Slaf and Guhle). After that, even more!
If they wanted to play Ylonen more, they could just play him more. It’s so dumb to think that Anderson eat minutes from him. And you traded us Schmidt, who would play instead of Xhekaj, Harris, Struble and eventually Hutson.
This trade seems only to benefit Winnipeg