NOT GOOD DEALS AT ALL

Pacioretty a 35-goal scorer; for Panarin a 30-goal scorer.
Galchenyuk a 20-30-goal scorer with a lot more potential; for Anisimov a 20-goal scorer at the tail end of his career

I don't see how this makes sense for Montreal. Also note that Galchenyuk is looking at a contract closer to 5-6M.

What this person said, but add more attitude, its been earned.

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has a mtl fan it's a no for me too

I'm surprised by MTL fans by this. I see your 35 goals vs 30 goals and raise you 151 points vs 131 points. MTL also pretty desperately needs another big centerman that'll be the two way responsible (and net front presence) player so Drouin and Panarin can just score goals. I do think Chicago wins the trade talent wise, but MTL wins the trade in hockey sense and is a better team with this trade.

***This may also make it easier to resign ARad. I'm sure he'd love to play next to those two!***

I definitely did not expect people to say that Pacioretty was better than Panarin. So the 151 points vs the 131 means nothing because Pac put in 4 more goals. Hmmmm
Anisimov and Galchenyuk are very similar players except Anisimov plays more of a 2 way game and can penalty kill. Galchenyuk can put up more points.
Anisimov is also not at the tail end of his career. He isn't even 30 years old.
I will be a bit surprised if Galchenyuk gets anything more than 5M per year.

This trade makes Montreal a better team. The only reason Chicago does it is to reduce their cap by 1-2 million.

Anisimov is in no way going to improve or is a capable 1C. Galchenyuk still has upside, Panarin played with Kane you cant guarantee hes gonna put up 151 more points, Montreal needs guarantees as a win now

Never said either of those things was going to happen. I explained exactly what the difference between them was. And a 2-way center is more useful to a win now team than a 1-way center. Especially for a team that lacks center depth.
Other players that have played next to Kane have not put up points anywhere near what Panarin did. Kane's point production also increase when playing next to Panarin.