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. <q>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).</q> 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>