Montreal Canadiens: Three Players Underperforming So Far This Season
Josh Anderson
Josh Anderson will earn $8 million this season. He doesn’t get that much cash each year, but he is right in the middle of his seven year contract that has an annual cap hit of $5.5 million, and earns far more than that in the 2023-24 season.
Anderson has shown plenty of tools in the first three years of his contract. He can fly down the wing, has a great wrist shot that beats goaltenders clean and he plays a physical, forechecking style that can wear down opponents.
But he can go colder than a reindeer’s hoof for long stretches as well. While he has looked okay at times this season, there has been no production whatsoever from Anderson. He has zero goals and just one assist in 11 games while playing in the top six all year as well as being planted in the slot on the first power play every night.
While there is an occasional burst of energy speed or a decent scoring chance turned aside, more is expected from someone earning more money than most of the league this season. While fans and media members alike piled on Slafkovsky for his lack of production, Anderson was mostly spared from the online rage, while earning about ten times the money and putting up the same number of points in the team’s first ten games of the season.
Anderson has regularly scored around a 25 goal pace over an 82 game schedule, but has none after 11 games this season. Far more was expected from the veteran winger, but we just have not seen him get the job done this season.
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