If your going to offer him 4.5 I’m sure he would sign with Montreal.

None of those four incoming elements has much value to Calgary, particularly Brendan Gallagher without at least 40% retention.

All four of those outgoing elements have some value to Calgary, particularly Connor Zary, who is probably the best value in the deal. (The second-best value is Monahan.)

To borrow a joke from Samuel Goldwyn, Calgary has a three-letter answer: "N, O, exclamation point."

I just see zero scenarios where Calgary takes on Gallagher's contract.

Montreal sends
Petry-Bottom pairing dman that we can find cheaper through FA.
Gallagher-going to be a horrible contract in a few years
Wideman-We already have Stone Valimaki and Mackey in the waiting so we don't need him
Calgary sends
Zadorov- A player Sutter clearly likes with how many mistakes he has made and is still in the lineup when Monahan has been constantly our 4th line center because he screws up
Zary- A top prospect that probably isn't available
Monahan- Probably the only realistic player going to Montreal since GMBT knows they are in a cap crunch.

Calgary declines and the Rangers decline the Lehkonen trade.

Lmao a bottom pairing D man 🤣 he's having an off year but for God's sake he was in Norris conversations last year and has over 40pts a year in his last 4 years, he is nowhere near a bottom pair.

On our team? Hes a bottom pairing dman