Anderson's stats this year were not very good prior to his injury but he got stoned on more breakaway attempts then the rest of the team attempted. Hopefully he is stick handling and practicing his wrist shot.. as for trading him, hell no we are not going to get a decent value for him. Josh Anderson is the closest thing that we have had to a power forward.. make him play his way out of here.
You say it yourself, about him practicing his stickhandling and shot. Its not a coincidence that Anderson "seems" to blow a lot of chances. Also, the way he plays, and his USAGE on the team as a "go to" guy, the vast majority of his chances are because of other people setting him up or getting him the puck. He's not going into loose puck battles or puck battles in the corner and coming out with the puck and setting up the transition the other way or making a nice back door pass, like a Jenner/Dubois/Foligno, let alone a guy like Bjorkstrand or Texier. If he does get a loose puck in the offensive zone, he'll most of the time quickly just whip it at the net.
I really don't know what you mean about the "power forward" comment. Dubois, Foligno and Jenner are all 3 easily BETTER examples, and they actually seem to PLAY like power forward's the majority of the time when needed, along with being able to LAND a check. Most people agree the team needs more skill, not a "power forward" that does what Anderson does. I promise you, other teams are not "worried" in any way about Anderson before games, regarding his pure offensive "potential" or "power forward" ability.
Too add, I think he
HAS talked and played his way off of the team.
This can be said in hindsight after the guy has an injury plagued season.. but going back and watching the series with the Bolts, Anderson was huge during that series. He played a heavy game, was always in position and generally reaked havoc on Tampa. Turn to this year and the guy gets stoned on at least a dozen breakaways. If he buries even half of those his stats look much different. Moving Anderson would be a big mistake, I think he needs to get rid of his agent and show some goodwill at the table. He can be a difference maker here in Columbus.
Nothing I am saying about Anderson is in hindsight. I've heard the "injury" excuse for years with him. The truth is that he's just not good with the puck on his stick. That's the REASON he gets stoned so much, yet you guys literally add value to him somehow by saying he can/should/will do better, even though he really has NEVER shown any sort of much higher potential. He is what he is, like Jenner, a 20 goal scorer. Unlike Jenner, Anderson does not bring the tangibles OR intangible's that he's perceived to bring to the team.
What players were
NOT huge during that series? I could make the same case for f***ing Dubinsky and Nash. The "CBJ type hockey" played by essentially the entire team, with an influx of added talent with Panarin/Duchene is why we won that series. TB was OVERWHELMED by EVERYBODY, not just f***ing Anderson. Too add, TB is/was soft as f***, was a bad matchup for last years CBJ, and the team (and Anderson) exploited that. But, what happens when Anderson runs into a team like Boston or a player like Tom Wilson?? Daddy Foligno has to babysit/step in. Not to mention with all the hate Foligno, Dubinsky, even Dubois etc. have gotten in the past for "dumb" penalties, if you ask me Anderon pretty much tops that list, IMO.
Yeah, I wish he was better offensively and finished more of his scoring chances too,
but his isn't and he doesn't, and that's what the team needs. He's not as valuable or as important to the team as he clearly thinks he is, and as other past decisions like this have been made, I fully trust Jarmo and Co to make the
correct TEAM directed decision.
I'm curious, this is directed towards anybody, if you HAD to move 1 guy for the betterment of the team who would it be, who do you consider LEAST important, Anderson or Jenner?
Nah. Historically it would have to be Nash but in modern times I'd go with Andy over Boone. Boone is a grinder type, Andy has the potential to be a consistent 20-25 goal guy while still bringing physicality.
I really don't understand this thinking. I think you have the "descriptions" backwards. Boone Jenner is a better and more skilled offensive player than Anderson. The only skill/attribute that Anderson has over Jenner is overall straight line speed, mostly over long distances. Anderson's skating takes a big hit when he has the puck on his stick. Also, Anderson's agility/acceleration is extremely lacking and in small areas he can we worthless at times and just stand around, whereas Jenner's best ability, you could say, is "grinding" to GET the puck or just playing in high traffic areas.
Jenner's hands/stickhandling and both overall offensive and defensive stickwork is much better than Anderson's. Anderson might look a little more pretty flying down the wing in space (after Jenner or Foligno dug the put out of the d zone for him) and his shot might seem a bit harder after gaining speed skating all the way down the ice, but its like Anderson just whips the puck at the net as hard as he can most of the time to see what happens. However, that swooping old school WRIST shot that Jenner can get off (with extra space that isn't always there) has intent behind it, and while he might rush himself a bit on the offensive side due to other on ice commitments, if able to focus/commit to offense/shooting during a game or a stretch, he's simply a more impactful (and SKILLED) player on both ends of the puck than Anderson is, IMO.
