NHL Trade Buzz: Anderson wants to stay with Senators

Welcome to the NHL Trade Buzz. There are 20 days remaining until the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline on Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. ET, and the buzz is just starting. The Minnesota Wild hope to be buyers and not sellers and the Detroit Red Wings want to acquire assets for next season.
Here's a look around the League at the latest deadline doings.

Ottawa Senators

Craig Anderson made it clear he doesn't want to play anywhere but Ottawa.
Though some of his teammates, especially forwards Mark Stone, Matt Duchene and Ryan Dzingel could be traded before the deadline, the 37-year-old goalie
told The Athletic on Monday
he wants to stay put.
"I've been here since February 2011. This is the organization that has given me pretty much everything in this game," said Anderson, who has been with the Senators since he was traded to Ottawa by the Colorado Avalanche on Feb. 18, 2011. "I love this organization, I love this city, I love the fans, everything about it. This is home to me. Again, it's outside of my control."
The report said Anderson has a modified no-trade clause with a 10-team no-trade list.
"If they say they've got something for me, we'll cross that bridge when it comes, but at this point it's status quo, everything is great," he said, adding: "It's definitely in the back of my mind."
Anderson is 14-16-3 with a 3.50 goals-against average and .906 save percentage in 34 games (33 starts) this season.
Duchene, Stone and Dzingel each can become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. TSN reported on Monday that Duchene's agent, Pat Brisson, was in Ottawa to discuss a contract extension with the Senators.
The Senators (19-28-5), 16 points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference, visit the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET; SN, SN360, TVAS, NHL.TV).

Minnesota Wild

The Wild roster has seen some changes during the past few weeks. How much more is done before the deadline could depend on where the Wild are in the standings.
"We continue to talk about that," general manager Paul Fenton
told the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Monday
. "I certainly think we're a good enough team to make the playoffs; hopefully we continue to play that way so that we're adding and not subtracting."
Fenton has been busy since mid-January. The Wild acquired forward Pontus Aberg in a trade with the Anaheim Ducks for minor-league forward Justin Kloos on Jan. 16. The next day they acquired forward Victor Rask from the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade for forward Nino Niederreiter, who had played six NHL seasons with the Wild.

The Wild also are looking within for answers. Defenseman Nate Prosser and forward JT Brown, who were placed on waivers Sunday, were assigned to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Monday. Forwards Luke Kunin and Kyle Rau were recalled from Iowa.
"I'm not sending a message," Fenton said of the moves. "I'm trying to make this team better."
If the Wild are going to be buyers at the deadline, they must play more consistent hockey. Minnesota hasn't won more than three straight games since Oct. 16-27, when it won five in a row, and are 5-5-1 in their past 11 games since Jan. 8.
The Wild (26-22-4) hold the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Western Conference. They are four points behind the Dallas Stars (28-21-4) for third in the Central Division. Minnesota plays the Buffalo Sabres at Key Bank Center on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; MSG-B, FS-N, FS-WI, NHL.TV).

Los Angeles Kings

Kings general manager Rob Blake doesn't want to say his team is rebuilding. But
Blake told The Athletic on Monday
that there is one area in which the Kings must improve.
"We don't have a lot of high-end forwards in our system," Blake said. "We know we have to focus on some of that, in returns, obviously."
Asked if the Kings would ask players to waive their no-move or no-trade clauses, Blake said, "I can't answer that right now. I'm not putting any names (out there)."
The Kings (21-27-4), who traded defenseman Jake Muzzin to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan. 28, are eight points behind the Vancouver Canucks (24-23-6) for the second wild card into the playoffs in the Western Conference. They play the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; ESPN+, MSG+, FS-W, NHL.TV).

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Detroit Red Wings

The Red Wings are looking toward their future. With that in mind, general manager Ken Holland has talked to several teams in what he calls "tire-kicking season."
"I've been a buyer, where you call all the teams and see who's available and get a feel for the price. Now I'm a seller and if there's a deal, we'll do it," Holland
told the Detroit Free Press on Monday
. "At the same time we have to look at the players we have towards 2019, because we need to be more competitive."
Two Red Wings who could be traded are forward Gustav Nyquist and goaltender Jimmy Howard, each of whom can become an unrestricted free agent July 1. Nyquist is second on the Red Wings this season with 45 points (12 goals, 33 assists) in 53 games. Howard, who represented the Red Wings at the 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Game, is 15-13-5 with a 2.73 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in 35 games (34 starts).
Detroit likely will miss the playoffs for the third straight season. The Red Wings (21-25-7) are 10 points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card in the East.
"One of our goals is to build a team that will be competitive next season," Holland said. "We want to get back to the playoffs. If I trade away a number of players that can help us next season, unless I get a prospect back who is ready to play in the NHL, those assets won't help us for three, four years."
Detroit plays the Vegas Golden Knights at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET; FS-D, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV).
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