Quoting: KPasty
Why though? Montreal rids themselves of a massive contract. Luongo is destined to become an LTIR player the last few years of his contract. Montreal gets a wealth of picks and a true #1C they’ve been conveting for years. Florida has good organizational depth that they could realistically afford to replace barkov albeit at a slight downgrade in the interim.
cap only matters if we spend it
our fans are douchebags its why Spezza blocked a trade here , Kesler Declined ,Staal took way less to avoid MTL ,Panarin opted to Join CHI and Shipachyov killed his career by going to VGK.
people would rather fail in smaller markets generally then play for fans who Jeer Carey Price and harass his Wife because at the time they didnt know he was Sick just saw a star struggling and buried him .
(no doubt Price regrets signing a year early after they went at Angela )
remember our fans are the Prejudice ones who gather a Mob outside the arena because we hired Cunneyworth Interim and he refused to learn French for a few month stint .
as long as molson owns MTL Canadiens he'll always be swayed by the angry mob to protect beer sales which is why our best years Drafting in this Millennium were under MR Gillette's ownership.
he hires the best for the Job like the Bronfmans did when they took ownership and built the 1970's Dynasty with Pollock thru Drafting the best not just French