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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Personally I'm more surprised we didn't see more of a hockey trade.
Something like Josh Anderson for Laine in a 1:1 move.
Anderson has $15.5M on his contract over 3 years, Laine has $18.2M left over 2 years on his deal (potentially $16.2M if Columbus already paid his signing bonus on this year for July 1)
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I'm really zeroing in on Josh Anderson being a Flame this season or next. I'm hoping Montreal takes a huge step forward this season and feels the pressure to make efficient use of their full cap to start making playoff runs.
I really want the Flames to make at least one massive trade in taking on a bad contract and I think he'd be perfect if Montreal becomes a playoff team. My target is next off season. Flames will still be 3 years or so from coming out of this rebuild, and then Josh Anderson will have two seasons at $5.5mil.
I think the prices for taking on bad contracts is going down as teams wise up to it a bit, but I'd still think we could get a 1st+ for two years of Anderson.