Hoffman is human garbage. Yzerman values character way too much to ever add locker room poison like him. Hard pass.

1st and a 2nd for Petry? Yeah, no thanks from Dallas. Tyson Barrie is slightly worse, but significantly cheaper in both cap hit & trade value. Dallas will go trade for him instead.

These Petry trades are just getting worse and worse. At least he didn’t go to Detroit in this one.

How unreasonable can be a "late teen" 1st round pick and a swap of a 2nd vs a 4th in 2024 in return for a consistent 40+ pts/ season RHD who can play top-4 signed @ 6.25M? The Habs have no incentive whatsoever to part with Petry this summer unless a 2022 1st round pick involved. If not, the Habs likely stick with Petry to mentor the young D corps until the 2025 TDL and likely get a 1st+ for him then anyways.

If the Habs have no incentive to trade Petry, then why is he a part of EVERY Habs ACGM? And yeah, most teams wouldn’t trade a 1st for an old, overpaid d-man in a salary cap world. MAYBE a contending team who has cap space and a hole at RD but even then, I doubt they trade a 1st.

My humble guess is that he's included in several proposals for mainly two reasons: 1) persistent rumours that he wants to play South of the border ; 2) along with Anderson, he's basically the only "touchable" impactful player signed with term who has a legitimate trade value.

This being said, like Anderson, there's no rush to trade Petry. The rebuilding Habs have the luxury of having a three year window to sell Petry to the highest bidder since he won't be part of the next "core" considering his age. In other words, the Habs either get a 1st+ right now, or trade him in 2025 for potentially a similar package.