TSN: The writing is on the wall for Craig Anderson in Ottawa [Ian Mendes]

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I respect the legacy, but I'm excited to turn the page. This feels like a big page turner for the team.

Run with Nilsson/Hogberg next year with Nilsson hopefully being replaced the year after.

 

[Bileur]

Craig Anderson has been great for the team on and off the ice.

He currently sits at 197 wins with Ottawa. I hope we can get him 3 more before he is traded and/or retires. Would be a nice capstone to his Sens career to win 200 games with the franchise.

That would be fitting. Goalies don’t have much trade value in any case so I hope they trade him to a real contender and give him one more run, the return isn’t of consequence when it comes to a guy like that.

 

[Icelevel]

Anderson is an amazing guy. Stability on and off the ice. Very valuable. Maybe not so much at this point in his career but he definitely helped huge while he was here.
Hope he can go somewhere with playoff success.

 

[SensFactor]

Andy flat out stole us so many games. Poor man has been peppered as a Sens goalie. Reward him and send him to a contender. Just not the leafs.

 

[otown]

Craig Anderson has seen more than his share if rubber as a Senator over the last few seasons.
He still has the ability to raise his game if he had the opportunity to play for a playoff team.
Would be a good pick up for a team questioning their #2 goalies.
Anderson will rise again if he is traded!

 

[JungleBeat]

Time to move on. Trade him for any pick at this point.

 

[Matsens15]

Would be a good pick up for a team questioning their #2 goalies.

This smells like Toronto lol. We know Dorion is not afraid to trade with them. But if Anderson is trade to Toronto they will need to send salary back or Ottawa have to retain salary!

 

[GCK]

This smells like Toronto lol. We know Dorion is not afraid to trade with them. But if Anderson is trade to Toronto they will need to send salary back or Ottawa have to retain salary!

Even with retaining 50% Toronto doesn’t have room.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Wanting to get a pick for him at this point doesn’t take away from my very positive view of his tenure as a Sen.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Rask is gonna miss some serious time given his history. If they can get over the in-division barriers, I could see getting something done with Boston.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Rask is gonna miss some serious time given his history. If they can get over the in-division barriers, I could see getting something done with Boston.

Eh, I don't know. They have 1.7m in capspace (pro-rated). Rask going on LTIR helps, but not massively. I suspect they will want to add in other areas, too... spending all that money on Andy seems unwise.

The one workaround I could see is if we take Backes which, to be fair, would be a very interesting pick-up for us. He could play 4th line and earn less than his cap hit.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Maybe Dorion can extend him again

 

[RaMai]

Maybe Dorion can extend him again

High fives all around...lol

 

[otown]

After a few goalie injuries in the next month I anticipate Anderson will be scooped up by a pending playoff team for insurance.
A small price to pay for a chance at at an extended run.

 

[Tuna99]

What about trading Nilsson and keeping Andy - neither are in the long term plans. Let Andy back up Hoggy and ride off into the sunset. Tank goaltending secured for next year. Get an asset for a goalie - win win all around

 

[aragorn]

What about trading Nilsson and keeping Andy - neither are in the long term plans. Let Andy back up Hoggy and ride off into the sunset. Tank goaltending secured for next year. Get an asset for a goalie - win win all around

I think this could also be a possibility if a team would prefer Nilsson to Anderson & pay a little more to get him. Funny how the guys who would return the most are also the guys people wouldn't mind keeping in Pageau, Anderson, DeMello & Boro (some) . Personally, this is a trade deadline where they should make all of the UFAs available & see who returns the most & move them. If there are a couple of them after the deadline they can either let them go or sign them for another yr & look to trade them again next yr, if they want to keep an extra vet or two.

 

[dumbdick]

The one workaround I could see is if we take Backes which, to be fair, would be a very interesting pick-up for us. He could play 4th line and earn less than his cap hit.