Will probably be forced to attach a quality asset to move him, no choice to move him now, can't have him in the lockerroom next year.
#22 overall or 2nd round 2019 + Anderson for a cap dump.
I 100 believe we'll be able to move him. I don't think we'll be able to be make a trade that makes us directly better. We'll probably have to take back another bad contract. It might be a forward or a D. So we'll get someone who is overpaid but can either play in our bottom 6 or on our bottom pairing, and we'll open up a spot to bring in a free agent or a goalie from a different trade as our starter.
There's plenty of teams that need goalies, and anybody who scouted Anderson to close out the season would have seen that he's still capable of a high level of play, and that there is a major consistency issue that has to be addressed. He has a reputation as a playoff performer. If I am a rival GM of a goalie needy team, and I can get Anderson for effectively no assets while subsidizing his bad cap hit by dumping a nearly as bad contract on the Senators, I make that move.
An idea I've floated in other threads is Anderson for Hossa. Although I can't remember the source or how legit it is, I read in the trade thread that CHI is apparently unwilling to package an asset with Hossa to give him up because of the perception that we need him to reach the cap floor just as badly as they need to clear the cap hit. If that is true, considering CHI apparently is in need of a goalie due to the Crawford situation, a swap of Hossa for Anderson would help both sides out. It'd be a cap in/cap out deal for Chicago, while the Senators would clear almost the entirety of Anderson's contract since Hossa is only owed 1M per season in real money. Win-win.
