Confirmed Signing with Link: [MTL] Josh Anderson signs extension (7 years, $5.5M AAV)

[DramaticGloveSave]

Can’t wait until Anderson makes all you fools eat crow. Dude is a beast. This isn’t Clarkson, this is one of the best size/speed combos in hockey- who also competes hard, plays physical, and pots goals.

locking him up through his prime was a great move.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Well, it's not like Clarkson scored 30 and then 15 in 48 games before inking his colossal flop of a contract with Toronto. That occurred before the game got to it's current speed and when the belief was that peak career performance started at 27, not like now where that window is 22-24.

Bergevin gave too much salary for too long of a term to Anderson who has not played one game for his team. It's a bad contract that will go down as a terrible signing unless Anderson unearths some new skills at age of 26 or beyond. "Muscle" to protect your smaller player can be found a hell of a lot cheaper via free agency without have to trade your 2nd highest scorer over the past two seasons.

For the sake of Habs fans, I hope Anderson proves me wrong but history shows signings of this nature with excessive term never work out well.

Lol peak performance is at 22-24? What a dumb idea that is.

Anderson is not "muscle to protect our smaller players". Where do you come up with this crap? He's not a goon he's a goal scoring power forward. Our team isn't even particularly small.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Once you claimed that Anderson was a 4 pt forward all credibility went out the door.

You lost all credibility when you took that sentence literally and missed the greater point being made.

 

[Metroid]

Can’t wait until Anderson makes all you fools eat crow. Dude is a beast. This isn’t Clarkson, this is one of the best size/speed combos in hockey- who also competes hard, plays physical, and pots goals.

locking him up through his prime was a great move.

Whatever helps you sleep at night!

 

[MrThomas]

Insane

 

[ole ole]

Lol Habs invested a lot in a guy with 1 good yr coming off injury

This is true.
I'm sure health wise the guy is in top condition or the Habs would have not made the deal.
Like you said in our eyes it seems very strange, Hopefully the pros being paid for this has seen something that we didn't. Time will tell.

 

[ole ole]

people are in love with what anderson can be, or might be. the trade and contract are just a disaster imo

Or think he will be.

 

[ole ole]

the term is part of the contract. hes a hard working, tough player who is capable of 20 goals. thats not worth 5.5, but even if it is they have tied themselves in to a guy for 7 years that already had a big shoulder injury which cut him down production wise big time

How generous. Capable of 20 goals when he has a 27 under his belt and entering his prime.

 

[ijuka]

Can’t wait until Anderson makes all you fools eat crow. Dude is a beast. This isn’t Clarkson, this is one of the best size/speed combos in hockey- who also competes hard, plays physical, and pots goals.

locking him up through his prime was a great move.

Through his prime? 26-33?

His prime already was, sorry.

 

[frederixx]

Can’t wait until Anderson makes all you fools eat crow. Dude is a beast. This isn’t Clarkson, this is one of the best size/speed combos in hockey- who also competes hard, plays physical, and pots goals.

locking him up through his prime was a great move.

Anderson is good and probably 10x more talented than Clarkson ever was but the contract is questionable. You just don't sign an unproven player to a 7 year contract. It doesn't make sense.

People comparing him and Clarkson probably never seen either player enough to judge. Clarkson had little skills and most of his goals were rebounds from being at the right place.

Time will tell

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Through his prime? 26-33?

His prime already was, sorry.

26-32 if you want to be accurate.

 

[Favster]

I’m going to say that I love Anderson and what he potentially could bring as a power forward. However, signing him to a long term contract before ever playing a single game, coming off a bad year due to injury, is a huge mistake. Fairly recent history for power forwards shows this.
Remember Backes, Ladd, Okposo, all signed long term deals and ended up being anchors to their teams.
The much more prudent move would have been to let him play the
year on a “show me” contract, and than make a longer term deal if warranted. NHL salaries for the next few years will definitely be lower due to depressed revenues, so why the rush, especially right before free agency where some good players are available at discounted prices.

The bolded would bring him right to UFA, that is literally the worst contract the Habs could've offered. Well done buddy.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

I'm excited of what Anderson can bring to the team.

I believe playing with Suzuki will help open up the ice for Nick and allow him to do more of his magic.

Or play him with Kotka 2.0 and have them hit everything that moves! A heavy playing line.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

You lost all credibility when you took that sentence literally and missed the greater point being made.

Nah man I gotta go with him on that one.

You made an ass of yourself and now your trying to dig yourself out of it.

Your 4 point stupid stupid comment was part of the point you were trying to make which was dumb as well.

 

[ole ole]

Nah man I gotta go with him on that one.

You made an ass of yourself and now your trying to dig yourself out of it.

Your 4 point stupid stupid comment was part of the point you were trying to make which was dumb as well.

I agree .

 

[MaxDummy]

Funny seeing some habs fans trying to justify that horrible contract. Somehow Anderson is now a modern day Cam Neely.

7 years.

Enjoy losing Gallagher or signing him to an insane contract.

 

[ole ole]

Funny seeing some habs fans trying to justify that horrible contract. Somehow Anderson is now a modern day Cam Neely.

7 years.

Enjoy losing Gallagher or signing him to an insane contract.

Funny seeing a lot of non- habs fans trying to justify the notion it's a horrible contract by calling him a 1 goal man when in fact he just scored 27 with no help.

7 yrs.

 

[majormajor]

Can’t wait until Anderson makes all you fools eat crow. Dude is a beast. This isn’t Clarkson, this is one of the best size/speed combos in hockey- who also competes hard, plays physical, and pots goals.

locking him up through his prime was a great move.

I was gearing up to love this post and then I see the last sentence. I think Habs fans are going to love what Anderson brings. He's an upgrade for them. But the point is that you don't know when his prime ends. It could be in two years or in six. He plays a very violent game.

Anderson is good and probably 10x more talented than Clarkson ever was but the contract is questionable. You just don't sign an unproven player to a 7 year contract. It doesn't make sense.

People comparing him and Clarkson probably never seen either player enough to judge. Clarkson had little skills and most of his goals were rebounds from being at the right place.

Time will tell

I agree with this. Though "unproven" is maybe a misnomer. Josh was plenty proven for Columbus, he was a consistent impactful player up until his injured season. The contract length is an issue because of the way he plays.

The bolded would bring him right to UFA, that is literally the worst contract the Habs could've offered. Well done buddy.

Nah. Sign him to that one year deal and six months from now if you're still willing to throw money and term at him he'll take it. That's what I would have done. Montreal is a place Josh would obviously like to stay in long term, no need to rush the extension.

 

[MaxDummy]

Funny seeing a lot of non- habs fans trying to justify the notion it's a horrible contract by calling him a 1 goal man when in fact he just scored 27 with no help.

7 yrs.

Scored 27, one time.

I see why it fits your narrative to act like the 1 goal in 26 games never happened. But it did. Injured or not. If he was so affected by that injury then why play 26 games? He sure played a lot for an injured guy.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Your 4 point stupid stupid comment was part of the point you were trying to make which was dumb as well.

The point is that Anderson was acquired in a weak trade and signed to an awful contract, and that he is part of the series of moves Bergevin always make that keep this team stagnating in mediocrity.

But go ahead and miss it.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Josh was plenty proven for Columbus, he was a consistent impactful player up until his injured season. The contract length is an issue because of the way he plays.

Calling Anderson consistent pre-injury is a stretch.

In fact, he was only starting to find consistency during his very uncharacteristic 2018-19 season.

But unfortunately, that didn't last.

 

[t0nedeff]

Can’t wait until Anderson makes all you fools eat crow. Dude is a beast. This isn’t Clarkson, this is one of the best size/speed combos in hockey- who also competes hard, plays physical, and pots goals.

locking him up through his prime was a great move.

Lol the guy is already Lucic and the Habs gave him more term and almost the same aav caphit.

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

The point is that Anderson was acquired in a weak trade and signed to an awful contract, and that he is part of the series of moves Bergevin always make that keep this team stagnating in mediocrity.

But go ahead and miss it.

Shhhhh.

 

[glenbuis]

We also will most likely be losing one of Chiarot or Edmundson to expansion.

Well if we lose Edmunson it would have cost a 5th. Chariot was a free agent in what will be the last year of a deal . I’d keep chariot out of the two . Please don’t say you would be keeping mete with Weber and petry

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Anderson’s a beauty
Wish he was on the B’s
Habs aren’t gonna be fun to play against now ugh