I think every Habs fan would love to see this happen, just don't think Dallas would consider Hoffman enough of an upgrade to take on Hoffman.

If they miss out on other players and Hoffman becomes their fall back, sure but a long shot

Stars have no need for Mike Hoffman

I'd argue that they do need secondary scoring (Hoffman or any other trade bait) considering they're midle of the pack for goals per game and PP%. Olofsson and Karlström didn't move the needle much in their short stints while Kiviranta, Faksa and Glendening didn't do much all year. I see where THW are coming from by suggesting this trade, Dallas doesn't own their 1st and 3rd this year while having next to none cap space so they're out of any big name rentals. Puljujärvi could be an option but Edmonton won't take back cap so to me they'd be looking at guys like Hoffman, Barbashev and Lafferty, althought the two latter might come at a slight premium considering it'd be an intra division trade.

Montreal would have to take Faksa to make the long term cap work. Even if you swapped Fox for Dobby I’d still rather keep the second. We need somebody that can create and drive play for Segs and Marchie. Not a power play pylon