dubois for 5th overall

Yeah it's worth it until he decides he doesn't like the coach so he stops trying or the team isn't winning and he wants out.

Also hawks decline. Cap dumps usually come with picks attached

Not getting a 2nd Round pick for the oft-injured, declining asset that is Edmondson. Not from Seattle anyhow, and likely not from anyone unless you wait for the desperate and dumb period of the season known as TDL.

Spending 5th overall pick for a guy who Habs are very likely to get for free in one year time seems very bad asset management to me.

PLD gets traded to a team that wants to compete this year as a rental, before he walks as UFA. He seems to be a guy that would love to test the free agency and maximize the bank he gets.

The Blue Jackets don't do cap dumps.

5 OA is too much for PLD:

1) He will be 25 at the start of this deal so typically he is what he is
2) He scored 63 points on a fairly stacked Jets team. Suzuki scored 66 playing half the season with AHL players
3) He is reported to be inconsistent in his efforts. 20/50/30 (He plays great 20% of the time, OK 50% of the time, poor 30% of the time). Suzuki is the best player on the Habs every night

I like PLD, but 5 OA is too much based on how he's developed thus far