Montreal doesn't want Letang.....he is broken down over the past several years.

Lol.

Letang retained for that? No way. Letang requires Galchenyuk/Pacioretty+Petry+1st/2nd

no he doesnt because MTL doesnt want him he's not completed a season since 2010
i'm sorry , he's an amazing person ,his memorial speech for
Luc Bourdon made me cry, a class act

but his career has been better for playing in PIT system
in MTL our fans would riot after he gets injured like they have with Weber
MTL would be boycotting molson by days after his first injury (right now they are ready to go off about our GM MB )

wait we dont have Montoya , how did this trade go thru without EDM ?

Well sorry but he doesn’t come cheap. We want to keep him.

Why would you ever retain on Letang with that pile of junk coming back? Horrible deal.

i agree you should keep him as Don Cherry points out often
his chemistry with Crosby is irreplaceable on the back end .

if anything MTL want picks and prospects were selling not buying .
plus Byron alone to a team like TBL,WSH ,STL or another team tight on the cap limits
Paul Byron could help bargain us a Burakovsky ,Jaskin or a Peca with a good pick (likely conditional)

if we move out all tose players we want a good solid young piece and a good solid pick because you just took all
but 1 of our RD in our system period

We'll gladly keep our "junk".

I think Letang might try to do too much a la Subban and Montreal fans would get pissed off if he turned pucks over trying to do too much. I just don't see him as a fit.