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From the article:
>During his first three years in Montreal, everybody knew exactly what Anderson was and wasn’t.
>Anderson was a lightning-quick straight-line scorer blended with a heavy frame and some physicality sprinkled on top. He wasn’t a talented playmaker, a smart decision-maker or a particularly reliable defensive player. You could live with those warts, however, because he was such a physical specimen and had scored 57 goals in 190 games in those three years, which translates to a 24 goals per 82 games pace.
>Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis has worked hard to evolve Anderson into a more well-rounded player. It seems to have had the opposite effect because the 29-year-old winger’s confidence looks shot and his results across the board are very disappointing.
>Anderson has scored just eight goals and 10 assists in 60 games, including just two goals in his last 26 games. On top of that, he’s continued to be a huge drag on his teammates’ two-way results, according to Evolving-Hockey’s RAPM model.
>Right now, it’s as if you’re getting all of the usual warts of Anderson’s game without any of the usual positives. With another three years left after this at a $5.5 million cap hit, Anderson looks like he may have one of the league’s most inefficient contracts
for those of us too poor for an Athletic Sub who also want to enjoy this post.
PKG0D
I know he gets paid millions to play a game, but when it’s also your job, and you aren’t able to meet expectations… That can’t be easy for anyone.
Hopefully there’s a team out there who thinks they can salvage something out of him, because I don’t think he can do it in Montreal. Like the article alludes to, he’s one of the few players who Marty hasn’t been able to reach, so a change of scenery might do him some good.
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From the article:
>During his first three years in Montreal, everybody knew exactly what Anderson was and wasn’t.
>Anderson was a lightning-quick straight-line scorer blended with a heavy frame and some physicality sprinkled on top. He wasn’t a talented playmaker, a smart decision-maker or a particularly reliable defensive player. You could live with those warts, however, because he was such a physical specimen and had scored 57 goals in 190 games in those three years, which translates to a 24 goals per 82 games pace.
>Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis has worked hard to evolve Anderson into a more well-rounded player. It seems to have had the opposite effect because the 29-year-old winger’s confidence looks shot and his results across the board are very disappointing.
>Anderson has scored just eight goals and 10 assists in 60 games, including just two goals in his last 26 games. On top of that, he’s continued to be a huge drag on his teammates’ two-way results, according to Evolving-Hockey’s RAPM model.
>[*Graphic via Evolving-Hockey*](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/03/11143417/Screen-Shot-2024-03-10-at-4.17.53-PM.png)
>Right now, it’s as if you’re getting all of the usual warts of Anderson’s game without any of the usual positives. With another three years left after this at a $5.5 million cap hit, Anderson looks like he may have one of the league’s most inefficient contracts
[https://archive.is/p4Ud8](https://archive.is/p4Ud8)
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for those of us too poor for an Athletic Sub who also want to enjoy this post.
I know he gets paid millions to play a game, but when it’s also your job, and you aren’t able to meet expectations… That can’t be easy for anyone.
Hopefully there’s a team out there who thinks they can salvage something out of him, because I don’t think he can do it in Montreal. Like the article alludes to, he’s one of the few players who Marty hasn’t been able to reach, so a change of scenery might do him some good.
Well we did dodge that PLD bullet tho