Rumor: Craig Anderson: grumpy old man edition

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Ok I'm over it. Lets get on with things. Announce a trade, I'm not into refreshing a trade request thread today.

 

[darnok]

this is funny. He doesn't want to play on a bad team even though he is the biggest reason they are bad!

 

[Tundraman]

Oh no! Say it isn't so.

How many picks and prospects will Dorion give up and what bad contract will he have to take back to make this happen?

 

[Uchiha]

Dorion will be the one adding on a Anderson trade lol.

 

[Ouroboros]

This will be an extremely difficult deal for the team to make. I'm not sure it's even feasible.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

If we trade him and don't obtain a better goalie in another trade or signing we can definitely kiss the playoffs goodbye.

 

[otown]

Another prime example of Sens management extending beyond the best before date!

 

[Alex1234]

Dont even have the loyalty to finish is contract at 4.75 per...

''I can't stop a beach ball but Im out of a rebuild''...

Just GTFO

 

[solidprospect]

ill wait until hearing something from Anderson himself.

 

[Uchiha]

Another extension that was not needed backfires.

 

[Smash88]

With no extension, he'd be gone this year with nothing coming back. Now at least we get a pick or something.

I always liked Anderson, thought he could bounce back this year, but yeah if he doesn't want to be here, move him. Really can't see very much coming back though.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Another extension that was not needed backfires.

Without the extension, he'd be a UFA right now though I believe?

 

[Boud]

Love Anderson and the stability he brought in goal compared to what we had before. The best goalie the franchise has had over a long period of time.

That being said, moving Anderson is the right decision at this point and that is whether or not he had requested a trade. I'm pretty excited that he's moving on personally since I thought Dorion would never trade him.

 

[Daffy]

With no extension, he'd be gone this year with nothing coming back. Now at least we get a pick or something.

I always liked Anderson, thought he could bounce back this year, but yeah if he doesn't want to be here, move him. Really can't see very much coming back though.

We aren't getting a pick back. We will be the ones giving up a pick just to move him. Or taking back a bad contract.

 

[Yak]

After last season was time to trade him, no offense but at his age you knew his play was going to decline. He still has some value if teams look at his past stats and over look last year as a bad year as whole for the team. Well hopefully. Dorion sells it that way.

Time to get younger in net and this is a blessing in disguise. I don't blame him for wanting out our moving on though.

 

[Boud]

this is funny. He doesn't want to play on a bad team even though he is the biggest reason they are bad!

He's most definitely not. In fact it often has been the contrary over the years.

 

[Stylizer1]

There must be a worst GM out there.

 

[Stylizer1]

He's most definitely not. In fact it often has been the contrary over the years.

Every second year. This is supposed to be his good season.

 

[Larionov]

Anderson is unmovable unless we take a bad contract coming back the other way or retain 50%. He's due over $9 million over the next two years, is 37 years old, and had one of the worst save percentages of any goalie in the NHL last year. (Sub .900.) He is in no position whatsoever to demand a trade right now...

 

[Smash88]

We aren't getting a pick back. We will be the ones giving up a pick just to move him. Or taking back a bad contract.

I think we easily get a mid round pick. We may take back a contract, but I'm sure we won't be paying to move him.

Guess we will see

 

[Langdon Alger]

With no extension, he'd be gone this year with nothing coming back. Now at least we get a pick or something.

I always liked Anderson, thought he could bounce back this year, but yeah if he doesn't want to be here, move him. Really can't see very much coming back though.

He could have been traded before the deadline with a pick coming back if he hadn’t been extended. Now it’s harder to move him.

 

[BigRig4]

Pretty bold to demand a trade after his performance last season

 

[Tundraman]

Jokes aside I'm skeptical that Anderson made this request. It's more likely that Dorion is trying to move one of the goalie contracts

 

[Alex1234]

There must be a worst GM out there.

I personally would rank ours 55th among the 31 NHL GMs

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Pretty bold to demand a trade after his performance last season

Its funny how language can work and how one word can spin everything. You used demand, the title says requested.

 

[harrisb]

I personally would rank ours 55th among the 31 NHL GMs

I'd go further than that, 30 other teams in the league, they all have 1 GM and at least 1 AGM, that's 60 total so I put him 61st with Randy Lee 62nd