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Originally Posted by Bingo
Nobody (not me at least) is saying you can't or shouldn't trade Anderson.
But it's not a 30 year trend blah blah blah to hold on to him until their playoff chances are much more clear than they are on November 27th.
They have time to make that call.
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This. I think Conroy will hear calls for Anderson (or pretty much any player) but the cost would probably be higher now than if the team was in the basement of the standings and it was clear Andersson wanted to leave. Right now, he’s the top point producer on the team and one of its clear leaders. He would also likely be top four in Norris voting right now (though definitely not in the top two which would be Makar and Hughes). The team is playing well and he’s a big part of it. They are in a playoff spot.
He has >1.5 seasons left on his deal so there is plenty of time for him to be traded later and still get good value. Right now, it would likely take a real overpayment for a team to convince Conroy to trade Andersson and disrupt this team. I said this in a previous post… I’m talking about a team offering a Tij Iginla or a Berkly Catton level of prospect to get him to trade Andersson at the moment. Of course, that is an overpayment and those teams (or any other team) would not likely make that trade right now. So that’s why any trade for him right now is unlikely to happen. Things can change even one month from now but I would think that should be the position Conroy has at the moment. Not that Andersson is untouchable - just that the price is very high.