Caps do not want or need Hoffman.

Jets have no interest in Anderson, Dvorak or Edmundson. Two long term cap dumps.

Washington just keeps Mantha if Hoffman is all we could get

The WPG / MTL trade is very much for MTL. It's mostly garbage for WPG.

The ONLY decent return for WPG is the 5th overall pick. There's a top line forward in that mix or Reinbacher. So, a LOT of help for a team going forward who in my opinion, would be more valuable than Ehlers.

So, let's go with MTL's 1st for Ehlers. Deal.

The rest of the trade for Dubos is crap. It's a Cap dump on older players that MTL doesn't want and the pick in the 1st that they got from FLA, which has become of very little value at this point.

So, WPG would need something else to make this happen.

Throw in a good prospect like Kidney and someone like Monahan.

Habs can wait till PLD goes UFA
And no way should they give away 5 OA for older guy who will be UFA in 2 years