Third line imo. I love Andy but idk if I see him fitting our window and so I kinda wouldn’t mind a first + solid RD prospect for him at the draft if that’s something Hughes could get.
FrankBlizzard
on a top level team, I figure he’s a 3rd liner who can temporarily fill in the top 6 in case of injury
BlazeOfGlory72
Like others have said, the 3rd line. I get he’s “gritty” and all, but the dude has only ever scored more than 32pts once in his career. He’s also not much of a play-off performer either, scoring only 14pts in 43 play-off games, so he shouldn’t be promoted into the top 6 for a play-off run either. He’d be a solid depth guy on a good team, but that’s about it.
unbjames
Def middle six
mountainpope
The salary is irrelevant, he’s a third line player
Big Bergevin thought he was Rantanen and that’s his mistake
ukrainianhab
Trade
ForumsGhost
He was on the 3rd line during our cup run
Gros_Picoppe
Hockey fans and their obsession with line numbering…
On all 4 conference finals teams, the top wingers are pretty evenly spread out on the first 3 lines. It’s all about roles and chemistry.
Aho has Noesen on his right wing. Barkov has Duclair on his left wing.
Anderson is technically a third liner but he’d play with whoever he fits.
imtoocoldforthisshit
Objectively I think he’s one of those guys that’s like an Uber 3rd liner but just a “good” second liner.
I don’t have time to make a Harvard level defence of the guy but I absolutely love Anderson though. He hits, he fights occasionally, he sticks up for teammates and most importantly (and this can be a bad thing sometimes) the nature of his playstyle makes him not so tied to the rest of the team for his production. A lot of his goals come when the team is having a terrible night, getting dominated and he tips a pass at the blueline and takes it down the ice and scores or something like that. Sometimes all that goal does is take it from 6-1 to 6-2 or something but a lot of the time it completely changes the momentum. It not how many he scores but *when* he scores them. Reminds me a lot of Byron in that sense.
I think he’s another in a long line of guys who is just being asked too much because we dont have a good roster. Some day when we’re a better team he’s going to be known as one of our most important guys and you can mark those words. At the end of the day he’s finished top 3 in goals all three seasons here.
Osky1965
2nd
bananakin94
Middle six is the safe bet but you never know. Its hard to answer because the most important part is role and deployment. If he has a role on the top line he could easily be slotted in there. Just look at Lehkonen. Nowhere near a top line level talent but consitently plays with Mackinnon because he fills a role.
Longshanks123
I’m gonna go against the grain and say that – in the playoffs at least – he’s a second line guy. If you look at what works in the playoffs, it’s grinding, heavy-forechecking, physical play. The four teams left now all play that style, and all feature big, strong, tough wingers who have neutralized better-skilled opponents through the first two rounds.
Anderson has a rare combination of size, speed, and physicality, along with being a 20 goal guy. I think he’d slot in nicely on the second lines of any of the remaining playoff teams.
RoiSoleilXIV14
Another team
willcochrane12
Anderson should play on a different team for $5.5 million.
Thaddeauz
Like someone else said, which line he would play doesn’t matter because players tend to be spread around the 3 first lines to get the best result.
What I do know is that Anderson with 21 goals would be the 4th best goal scorer forward on the Hurricane, 4th on Vegas, 5th on Florida, and 6th on Dallas equal to the 9.85M$ Seguin.
While being the 3rd highest forward in hits for Vegas, Florida, Carolina and 1st for Dallas.
monstercab
Habs were a Stanley Cup contender in 2021 with Anderson on the 2nd line. There’s your answer!
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3rd line
Third line imo. I love Andy but idk if I see him fitting our window and so I kinda wouldn’t mind a first + solid RD prospect for him at the draft if that’s something Hughes could get.
on a top level team, I figure he’s a 3rd liner who can temporarily fill in the top 6 in case of injury
Like others have said, the 3rd line. I get he’s “gritty” and all, but the dude has only ever scored more than 32pts once in his career. He’s also not much of a play-off performer either, scoring only 14pts in 43 play-off games, so he shouldn’t be promoted into the top 6 for a play-off run either. He’d be a solid depth guy on a good team, but that’s about it.
Def middle six
The salary is irrelevant, he’s a third line player
Big Bergevin thought he was Rantanen and that’s his mistake
Trade
He was on the 3rd line during our cup run
Hockey fans and their obsession with line numbering…
On all 4 conference finals teams, the top wingers are pretty evenly spread out on the first 3 lines. It’s all about roles and chemistry.
Aho has Noesen on his right wing. Barkov has Duclair on his left wing.
Anderson is technically a third liner but he’d play with whoever he fits.
Objectively I think he’s one of those guys that’s like an Uber 3rd liner but just a “good” second liner.
I don’t have time to make a Harvard level defence of the guy but I absolutely love Anderson though. He hits, he fights occasionally, he sticks up for teammates and most importantly (and this can be a bad thing sometimes) the nature of his playstyle makes him not so tied to the rest of the team for his production. A lot of his goals come when the team is having a terrible night, getting dominated and he tips a pass at the blueline and takes it down the ice and scores or something like that. Sometimes all that goal does is take it from 6-1 to 6-2 or something but a lot of the time it completely changes the momentum. It not how many he scores but *when* he scores them. Reminds me a lot of Byron in that sense.
I think he’s another in a long line of guys who is just being asked too much because we dont have a good roster. Some day when we’re a better team he’s going to be known as one of our most important guys and you can mark those words. At the end of the day he’s finished top 3 in goals all three seasons here.
2nd
Middle six is the safe bet but you never know. Its hard to answer because the most important part is role and deployment. If he has a role on the top line he could easily be slotted in there. Just look at Lehkonen. Nowhere near a top line level talent but consitently plays with Mackinnon because he fills a role.
I’m gonna go against the grain and say that – in the playoffs at least – he’s a second line guy. If you look at what works in the playoffs, it’s grinding, heavy-forechecking, physical play. The four teams left now all play that style, and all feature big, strong, tough wingers who have neutralized better-skilled opponents through the first two rounds.
Anderson has a rare combination of size, speed, and physicality, along with being a 20 goal guy. I think he’d slot in nicely on the second lines of any of the remaining playoff teams.
Another team
Anderson should play on a different team for $5.5 million.
Like someone else said, which line he would play doesn’t matter because players tend to be spread around the 3 first lines to get the best result.
What I do know is that Anderson with 21 goals would be the 4th best goal scorer forward on the Hurricane, 4th on Vegas, 5th on Florida, and 6th on Dallas equal to the 9.85M$ Seguin.
While being the 3rd highest forward in hits for Vegas, Florida, Carolina and 1st for Dallas.
Habs were a Stanley Cup contender in 2021 with Anderson on the 2nd line. There’s your answer!