Complete retooling

Canucks say no to Kane's contract and off ice baggage. We don't have the cap space for 7 million now or in the future.

Terrible trade for montreal. They already have weber who isunder contract until 40 they can’t afford another one. Plus the return is awful giving a first and a top prospect plus byron is way too much

You also give $5,5M to SJ in cap, the difference is around $1,5M which VAN should afford. Not getting into what he brings off ice, but on ice he'd be a good strengthening for your team, and is paid quite typical amount of money for a player of his level, so the value is there.

It's part retained. $5,6M for Vlasic is reasonable. Ylönen's not a top prospect, but he can be replaced with (insert prospect's name here) if that's the dealbreaker. Also they get rid of Alzner, which is a win in basically any scenario, and it's not like Byron's going to be a big part of MTL future in a longer scale with the amount of young talent they're going to bring in. At worst, MTL gets an aging d-man with a relatably small cost, at best MTL gets an absolutely solid first pair LHD for several years to come. Also monetarily MTL doesn't lose jack sh*t. Byron and Alzner combined costs more than retained Vlasic.

ottawa says no we dont want jones