I'm fully on board with signing Jumbo Joe for 2 years and I think 7 milskies is probably a realistic target for what it might take to pry him away from his good situation in California. It might seem far fetched to some, but I think with this kind of offer it might not be so crazy to think that Jumbo could come finish his career in the hockey Mecca with his good Canadian buddies Price and Weber. What a an amazing acquisition that would be for the Habs...

From a a Habs perspective I would make that Arizona trade in a heartbeat, but I'm not sure they would. I think Beaulieu is a must trade at this point and I'm not a fan of the way Galchenyuk plays the game, so I'd be happy to move those guys to get a player like Strome back. But yeah I think Arizona probably likes what they've seen from Strome too and wouldn't be inclined to trade him... That being said I agree with the premise that he would pretty much solve our problem of the missing #1 center in the long term.

I like Perron as well and I think he'd be a decent fit, but I'm just not convinced the Blues would have a whole lot of interest in Emelin. I think we might be stuck with that contract for next season.