{"id":78815,"date":"2020-06-24T08:30:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T12:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=78815"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:49:16","slug":"nhl-rumours-montreal-canadiens-new-jersey-devils-and-cba-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/06\/24\/nhl-rumours-montreal-canadiens-new-jersey-devils-and-cba-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils and CBA Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are inching closer and closer to the resumption of the NHL season<\/a>. Only a few more weeks before training camps start. As things to ramp up on the ice, the NHL rumours continue to swirl off the ice. The team here at the\u00a0Last Word On Hockey will keep fans up to date on the latest\u00a0NHL rumours<\/a> and rumblings around the league. Today\u2019s NHL Rumours feature the\u00a0Montreal Canadien<\/a>s,\u00a0New Jersey Devils<\/a>, and CBA Talks.<\/p>\n

NHL Rumours:<\/h2>\n

Montreal Canadiens<\/h3>\n

Rumour: In this week’s edition of his mailbag<\/a> Eric Engels of Sportsnet was asked about the possibility of the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> trading for Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> forward Josh Anderson<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Analysis:<\/em> Anderson is an interesting player for the Canadiens. He’s a big player standing at six-foot-three, 222 pounds. Anderson plays a bigger game but has the speed of a smaller player to break the offence wide open. In 223 games from 2016-2019, Anderson produced 63 goals. That is an area, the Canadiens desperately need help in. However, there is a catch with Anderson, he is injury prone. He was coming off a good season but only had one goal this season before suffering a shoulder injury on December 14th. In addition, Anderson also had shoulder surgery right before the March 2nd trade deadline. There is something else going on with him.<\/p>\n

Anderson is 26-years old and is an expiring contract that is paying him $1.85 million. He will be an RFA for one more season. Engels believes the cost could be a player like Max Domi<\/a><\/strong>. Domi is a heart and soul type player and embraces playing in Montreal. Those players are hard to find. Plus if the Canadiens were to trade for Anderson, they will have to lock him down to a long-term deal. The risk does not justify the reward. Even though the Canadiens need a player like that. With Domi, Tomas Tatar<\/a>, Brendan Gallagher<\/a>, Phillip Danault<\/a><\/strong>, and Jeff Petry<\/a><\/strong> all in need of new contracts at the end of next season, the Canadiens would be wise to spend their money there.<\/p>\n

New Jersey Devils<\/h3>\n

Rumour: There has been a lot of rumours<\/a> recently about the New Jersey Devils<\/a> coaching situation. The Devils were down to four candidates plus a mystery candidate. Elliotte Friedman announced the mystery candidate the Devils interviewed was Lindy Ruff<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

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