Taking on that OEL contract is a massive risk. he fell off hard statistically since he signed. Arizona is gonna have to retain a significant amount of his salary.

This is horrible for MTL. OEL basically have negative value at this point… and youre giving one of our top young players and a first. Oh and youre also trading our captain. Jesus f ing christ

Hard no. I've been harsh on Weber all yesr, deservedly, but he redeemed himself in the playoffs. Adding KK and a 1st to that is insane

Like the others above I don't like this for the Habs look at that center lineup! That is horrible, you are strengthening the LD by weakening down the middle. Top 6 centers are harder to find and we have 2 very good young ones and Danault as a stop gap. We don't needs or want to weaken our center depth.

The short answer is: No movement clause.

Next.

OEL is just too expensive and, as others have pointed out, he's not likely to waive his NMC. This also opens a hole on RD and leaves the Habs looking for a 2C with size that can score.

I really hope the Habs pick up a PMD in the offseason, but I think there's more reasonable options. Here's a few I'd look at if I were Berge:
Vince Dunn -- reasonably cheap, young, good offensively, questionable defensively
Ryan Graves -- I'd try for Girard first, but Graves is big and good at moving the puck, tho he had some trouble against the Vegas forecheck
Shayne Gostisbehere -- like Dunn, good offensively, questionable defensively and cheap to acquire -- cap hit is rough tho
Alec Martinez -- UFA and had a great year, but not going to be cheap and may not be overly fond of Montreal after the playoffs
Alex Goligoski -- UFA and good puck mover, but will be 36 to start the season and not coming off his best year
Jamie Oleksiak -- UFA, young, big and good, but not really a PMD
Zach Werenski -- far and away the best on the list, but the Habs likely don't have the assets to make a deal & CBJ only moves him if he asks for a trade (and its not like anyone ever wants out of Columbus...)

graves, oleksiak, ghost or dunn would be fantastic for that left side.