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Montreal Canadiens: Three Trade Offers The Habs Would Accept For Josh Anderson

By Ken MacMillan

Apr 24, 2022; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens forward Josh Anderson. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 24, 2022; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens forward Josh Anderson. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 16, 2021; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 16, 2021; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens right wing Josh Anderson. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports /

Calgary Flames

The Calgary Flames won the Pacific Division fairly easily but lost in the second round quite quickly as well. To make it worse, their provincial rival Edmonton Oilers were the team that knocked them out.

With a Vezina contender in goal, a couple of elite forwards up front and a great group of defenders, the team will be looking to contend once again next season. But, they could lose leading scorer Johnny Gaudreau to free agency. Still, they would have a chance to win a weak Pacific once again in 2023.

Now, I am not suggesting that Josh Anderson would replace Johnny Gaudreau and his 115 points from last season. Not a chance. But he would cost a lot less, and still allow the Flames to chase a top six centre to join the team this offseason as well. They just might have to move out a little cash to do so.

But the Canadiens could help with that as well.

The Flames were one of the finalists in the Josh Anderson sweepstakes when he was traded from Columbus to Montreal. They have since hired Darryl Sutter to be their head coach. If anyone in the league is a Darryl Sutter type player it is Josh Anderson.

The Flames will definitely have interest, but the Canadiens would have to take on the final year of Sean Monahan’s lucrative contract to make the money work. This would actually save the Flames $750,000 against the cap next season, while adding a speedy 20-25 goal scoring, hard hitting top six winger.

It wouldn’t replace Gaudreau, but teams would absolutely hate to line up against a team that has Matthew Tkachuk, Anderson, Blake Coleman and Milan Lucic all on different lines. That’s Darryl Sutter hockey.

It would cost the Flames a ton, as in top prospect Jakob Pelletier, the Quebec native who scored 62 points in 66 AHL games last season as a 20 year old. For taking the Monahan contract, the Habs could also look for a decent pick such as a second rounder.

It is a lot, but the Habs don’t have to trade Anderson anytime soon. If the offer isn’t enormous then there is no deal.

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