Habs Rebuilding

If you are saying rebuilding, keep going. I would also move Alzner, Petry and Schlemko.

keep alzner or petry without 1 there you'll stunt the youths development like Beaulieu and Tinordi all over

Ugh! Petry is good on Offence but terrible in d zone coverage and Alzner is playing like a 5 d-man but getting paid like a top four. I hear what you are saying, I would prefer to go get a veteran D, like John Carlson (pricey I know), Calvin DeHaan or Jan Rutta. If you want a strong 6 d-man I would go get Andrew Nielsen with the Marlies. He plays nasty, does PK, clears front of net, has size and is much cheaper.

Alzner for all his blunders and **** ups its usually relateted to being forced to play with such an offensive partner.Alzner is the shut down D pairing guy he was in WSH and if we use him like this and on a PK Unit as a leader its likely he'll succeed without petry as jeff alone is a -11 on PP as the only D on points in 102/125 minutes spent like that. Petry is over worked tho in his defense
while Alzer lead PK Alzner-Benn and Alzner-Weber has been their best when they are able to each play their own special teams game apart.
which is why i would have had Petry and Him split up and mentor a youth while they can have the ice time . Mete-Petry and Alzner-Jerabek .

my point is simple both have value but only Alzner fills a role that hasnt been since we were last contenders in 2014 and had a top 10 shot blocker in the NHL to bail price out.
Alzner sucks with the puck but without it he's got a solid game for 2nd pair which is which i suggested moving out the easier of the two contracts to move knowing there is 3 replacements for Petry in the top 10 of this years draft alone so getting Mete-Weber , Alzner-Boqvist, Benn-Jerabek for next years starters gives us mentors , respectable shot blockers ,speed,goal scoring and special team guys (Alzner -Benn PK Specialists ,Mete and Boqvist likely PP regulars ,Weber and Jerabek likely to play both .)

I can see your logic and train of thought. Not sure I would put Mete with Petry. I am not a Petry fan. Yes he skates well but a d-man needs to be solid in his own end as well. If Habs get Boqvist, can he play right away next year? It is funny you posted this because I was just looking at all the UFA D-men for next season. Everybody is going to go after Carlson and Green. They will overpay. But underneath those guys, there are five d-men worth pusruing if you can move out Petry and save the 5.5 cap or reallocate it the contract to go get 1 or 2 d-men required.