7 million for Dzingel? what is Peter Chai running the habs now?

Ouch, give him a little credit lol

Gardiner on the top pair probably puts you bottom 10 in the league

yes it would be realy stupid of Bergevin giving 13m to Gardiner and Dzingel

Gardiner @ 6m is good but 5 year term
Dzingel is worth 5 max at 7 years , he'll get more the shorter the term
Hutton at 2.5m for 2 years

Hutton gives Gardiner and Mete a 3rd pair with brute force who can grind down opponents creating room and space for Gardiner and Mete to skate.
Dzingel at 5 is doable over 7 years but i'd rather 6.25m for 3 years if we're over paying a 20-25 goal scorer hoping he'll hit 30 in MTL but we're better off going with Connor Garland or Ivan Barbashev to play 2nd line with Danault (chemistry from Junior with potential to be 20-25 goal scorers like Dzingel )

I think I know what this lineup needs...

Making dzingel your highest paid forward will give you fits... being a sens fan, i was able to handle all his missed open nets and breakaways because he was only making $1.8M... no way a sane gm jumps him to $7M in free agency...