{"id":93431,"date":"2025-08-24T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/93431\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T11:39:08","slug":"canadiens-forward-just-boosted-his-trade-value-and-kent-hughes-is-back-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/93431\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens Forward Just Boosted his Trade Value, and Kent Hughes Is Back to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/589933.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dec 21, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher (11) celebrates with teammates including forward Josh Anderson (17) after scoring a goal against the Detroit Red Wings during the second period at the Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images\" title=\"Dec 21, 2024; Montreal, Quebec, CAN; Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher (11) celebrates with teammates including forward Josh Anderson (17) after scoring a goal against the Detroit Red Wings during the second period at the Bell Centre. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The action has started to pick up again in the National Hockey League as we approach the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>More and more trade discussions have begun to pick up again.<\/p>\n<p>And some teams have even already confirmed acquisitions.<\/p>\n<p>It was also revealed that top target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Marco-Rossi-60275\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Marco Rossi profile and hockey stats\">Marco Rossi<\/a> has also signed a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the action is back!<\/p>\n<p>Two more wingers sign in the NHL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Josh-Anderson-32443\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Josh Anderson profile and hockey stats\">Josh Anderson<\/a> becomes a rare commodity<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the two signings announced earlier this week once again help increase Josh Anderson&#8217;s value on the trade market.<\/p>\n<p>First, there is strong demand!<\/p>\n<p>Many teams are currently trying to acquire rugged wingers (power forwards) exactly like Josh Anderson, especially for the playoffs, but there are virtually none left available on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Josh Anderson impressed everyone during the most recent NHL playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what an executive recently mentioned in an interview with RG Media, and it&#8217;s something we could all easily see.<\/p>\n<p>Third, with the drastic increase in the NHL salary cap, Josh Anderson&#8217;s annual salary ($5.5 million per year) has practically become a real bargain.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson, 31 years old, recorded 27 points in 81 games last season, along with 1 point in 5 playoff games (only 20 penalty minutes in the playoffs).<\/p>\n<p>Personally, even if his value has really gone up on the market, I truly believe Kent Hughes should simply keep him here, especially for the upcoming playoff run.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on HabsFanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>12 HOURS AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0539 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Canadiens Forward Just Boosted his Trade Value, and Kent Hughes Is Back to Work<\/p>\n<p>Would you trade Josh Anderson for the 28th overall pick in the 2026 draft?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: Eric Bolte-Imagn Images The action has started to pick up again in the National Hockey League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,32996,8467,743,448,13673,82,8464,54794],"class_list":["post-93431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-josh-anderson","tag-kent-hughes","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-rumor","tag-sports","tag-transaction","tag-value"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}