Montreal Canadiens - 2020-21

Trade Danault, move everybody up a C spot with Evans on the 4th. Sign a veteran guy for cheap that can sit in the press box and play down the stretch.

That would be awful... Evans lacks the skill-set to play in a bottom 6 role and Danualt is one of the best 2 way centers in the league on a great contract. Would be the perfect 3C for these young guys. We'd have already 6 rookies/sophomore players in this hypothetical which is already too much. I can't see Evans carving out an NHL career where he plays more than 140 games. Especially future drafts and loads of picks coming up, plus acquisitions via trade and (skeptically saying free agency). This is a guy who will never move up the depth chart and is a B-rate prospect at best. Great kid seen him play a bunch in Laval but he's best use to the habs is a future trade sweetener that would be best to move before he gets Hudon like value.

13 mill in Cap space right now too. Move Suzuki to the left Poehling up a line or two. Scratch Ylonen (he'll crack the lineup i think just might have to do a bit of time down in Laval). Use the cap and get quality scoring options for our young centers on the wing. But at any rate this is all hypothetical. Who knows if the Habs are sellers at any point in they are in a good position in the standings. I'd love to hang onto Petry if we could. One thing is for certain though, Montreal's future looks great right now.