Stop trading Chiasson to MTL. Habs don't need him.

The Habs have 8 pick in the rounds 3-7. MB will surely use one of them to acquire depth players. Chiasson is a lot more effective than Weal

They already have Armia, Lehkonen, and Byron on bottom 6. If habs really want him, they'll add Weal in this deal, going to edm.

I can understand and respect your mindset here. Wouldn’t do much of it personally and would add jp but nothing stands out as horrific so in my opinion that’s a big win around here.

Why does CAR trade a signed, underperforming top 9 winger for an unsigned, underperforming top 9 winger?

Change Dzingel to Niederreiter and your into something

Because Athanasiou's cap hit will probably be around Dzingel's. It's a swap of two struggling players

Edmonton declines the pens deal why would be trade for a walking bandaid

I believe the idea is that Athanasiou probably signs for about the same amount as Dzingel and the change of scenery helps both players

I feel like Pittsburgh might decline this for a couple reasons, including that they already have 8 defensmen signed for next year, but one of the biggest is Russell's NTC/NMC. Pittsburgh already might need to do 4-4-1 to protect Letang, Dumoulin, Pettersson, and Marino. If they have to protect Russell, that makes it impossible to adequately cover the others they need.

Disclaimer though, I could be wrong about the expansion rules.

I'm pretty sure that the deal expiring next year don't have to protected in the expansion draft

Chiasson is a french Canadian.. we don't have enough here... so no prob trading Chiasson for the Wealer

I don't personnaly don't like you first line... DZingy was terrible defensively & SmurfEnnis is not the solution next to McJesus.
I like Bjug addition... but I think he as more value than Russel... might need to chip in a 4 or 5th round pick

Dzingel travaille plutôt bien avec des stars sur un top 6, ce qui constitue déjà une amélioration par rapport à Athanasiou. Ennis n'est pas mauvais non plus, il va dans les coins et fait ce que McDavid ne fait pas. Après tout, ce n'est pas une ligne défensive

Hey thanks for the informative reply!

OK to wake up Dzingy... but Ennis... hummm trade Larssoon in To for Johnsson or Kerfoot... + Dermott or Holl at least