Josh Anderson's name has appeared in trade rumors for over a year, but never materialized. It looks like he really came close to jumping ship. According to Ali Murji, the initial trade between Montreal and Calgary on August 18 included Josh Anderson. As I understand it, the initial (Flames) trade with Montreal was supposed to be: Monahan, a 1st pick and an extra piece for Josh Anderson, but Nazem Kadri decided to become a Flames player, so it ended up being a simple swap to quickly free up a big contract (to make room for Kadri). In the end, Nazem Kadri's move to the Flames reportedly changed former GM Brad Treliving's mind. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>From my understanding the original deal with Montreal was supposed to be Monahan, a 1st and an extra piece for Josh Anderson, but Nazem Kadri decided to become a Flame so it ended up being a cap dump<a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#Flames</a> <a href=https://t.co/rhreLldGkX>https://t.co/rhreLldGkX</a>- Ali Murji (@AliMurji1) <a href=https://twitter.com/AliMurji1/status/1599835218730684416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>December 5, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>