Not a bad suggestion. The guy is proud though. He said he was gonna score more points this year than Kadri out of spite. I do not know how it feels to recover from 2 hip surgeries, but the Canadiens can use some swagger like that

Of course, and he'll have opportunities. The mentality is great and necessary, but if the body disagrees there's not a lot you can do.
It just makes no sense to prioritize a roster spot for him at the cost of losing other assets or development ice time. If he's worth a roster spot, he'll get one, it just may not be in Montreal.

Unless, it's Dvorak or Armia for assets. I dont see a deal being made as Hughes refuses to pay to dump player. They'll likely be in LTIR the next 4 years with Price. They dont have to move anybody. I can see Hoffman dumped in the minors and give him another chance later in the season after the TDL, Byron staying on LTIR for most of the year if not all.
It would be foolish to make salary dumps as guys like Drouin, Hoffman, Byron, Dadonov, Monahan will have their contracts run out in the next 2 years during their rebuild so it's not pressing, may as well have them try to salvage some value.
The Price situation also makes the cap less of a concern when it comes to signing Dach and Caufield next season!

Dvorak seems to be the likely party as the Habs have a boatload of centers and more coming with Mysak, Beck, Kidney. Then, I imagine they'll have options, in the middle of the ice with all these 1st rounders. Dvorak is still a really effective top6 center with a good contract and teams seem to be interested in Christian according to the insiders.

Dvorak is the most attractive trade chip I agree. GMs recognize how bad the Habs were last year and the turnaround under MSL even if the fans around here don't.

I think he will be traded before training camp.