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Josh Anderson Will Score 30 Goals

30 is an insane number but Josh Anderson has started this season looking like he found his fifth gear. Playing on the Jackets best line of the year with Boone Jenner and Brandon Dubinsky, Anderson started the season with two goals in two games.

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In his third game with a new center, Riley Nash, Anderson still impressed and hit two post in the Jackets 5-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche. Those easily could have tipped into the back of the night with a slight change in humidity inside Nationwide Arena.

Through three games it seems like Anderson has an extra step as well. He is blazing past people on the right boards in a high gear that we didn’t see too much of last year.

Another big reason why he will get to 30 is because of how he scored his first goal of the season. Anderson is trusted by Coach John Tortorella on both the offensive and defensive end of the ice and is put in at the end of the game as a closer. He will rack up his fair share of empty net goals this season for the Jackets. With more and more coaches getting aggressive and pulling their goalies earlier, it should give Anderson the chance to rack up the easy goals.

Those easy goals look even easier when you compare them to the grinding, dirty, net front goals we expect from Anderson. Sprinkle in a dozen snipes from the right circle, and Anderson will rack up 30 goals this year.