Anderson was offered a 3.7 million per year contract from Colorado and basically pulled the chute on them, citing personal issues and so on so that he wouldn't have to play all the games.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_17439991
"According to NHL sources, Anderson — traded by Colorado to Ottawa for goalie Brian Elliott — was offered a two-year, $7.5 million contract extension during the offseason. Had Anderson accepted the offer, it would have given him a raise of nearly 200 percent on the $1.8 million he averaged in his nearly two seasons with the Avs. Keep in mind, that wouldn't have been a bad paycheck for a guy who, despite a fine regular season, didn't win a playoff round and the goalie who won the Stanley Cup — Chicago's Antti Niemi — was given a one-year, $2 million contract by an arbitrator."
Anderson has pulled the chute at least twice over the past few years. First the frozen chicken excuse, now a mysterious upper body injury that he doesn't seem in a rush to recover from.
I'll take Lehner. He's unpolished and he needs expereince but at least he doesn't sulk or give up on plays when the opposition gets ahead (Watch Anderson's shoulders slump when he gives up a goal or two).
