1) The Appleton and Perreault deal is ripped from The Athletic
2) Callahan seems a reasonable trade for lifting nearly $6M off a division rival;
3) Reimer is also largely from The Athletic, though theirs didn't foresee the Tampa pick being available. If FLA is fishing for Panarin and Bobrovski, whether they pick 12th or 26th doesn't make much difference;
4) Vancouver is loaded with cap space and could use two middle-six forwards. Meanwhile Juolevi is a high-risk play for the Habs. Juolevi has potential to go either way and there is clear concern he might never make it all the way to the NHL. By adding Sekera, the Habs have bought a little time to let Juolevi mature. The only question is really whether Vancouver thinks it's in a good place in the weakened West or wants to take 2-3 more years to rebuild. Habs could probably get a similar deal(s) from the NYR, PHI, AZ and CGY.
5) Edmonton rids itself of another Chiarelli legacy contract and frees up $2.5M (more if Alzner is sent down) and could get a decent pick if Puljujarvi finds his game in Montreal. Habs gamble that Puljujarvi can click with Kotkeniemi.
Habs would have roughly $10.5M in cap space to give raises to Domi, Mete and Appleton in 2020. In 2021, when Gallagher, Tatar, Danault and Kotkeniemi all come looking for raises, Perrault, Weise, Reimer, Sekera and Petry are all coming off contracts. Assuming Romanov and Brook are ready to roll by then, Habs cap won't be a problem.
I get what you mean, but it makes keeping Laine and Connor a lot less painful and that has to be the top priority.
Oh I know it does but if they trade Trouba for picks/prospects/some kid on an ELC that'll give them all the cap space they need for Laine+Connor and they shouldn't have to do any costly cap dump trades.
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