Rather have a buyout on Drouin than Byron lol.
Also I see Pitlick's contract much more similar to Evans terms. Bergevin is out, can't see Hughes giving 3m+ contracts to bottom 6 players.

Ah Yes. The Preds Get Retirement

Great PK player with a lot of potential on the bottom six

if i know one things about to habs for sure is that they will usually do the exact opposite of what people will expect them to do.

Buying out an expiring 3.4M contract only to hand one out to an RFA you can sign for anywhere between 1.2M - 1.7M isn't good asset management.

Pitlick's an offensively inclined bottom 6 winger with limitations. His game can grow defensively, but it's just not there and there's no reason to throw the bag at him.