Didn’t Montreal just get a 2nd , a b prospect , get to dump a very bad contract , and got the penguins to retain on petry??

Because they had the leverage that PIT had to move him to get Karlsson. It was a pure cap move, plain and simple. MTL is in no rush to trade him so other teams have zero leverage.
Also, Petry’s cap hit is now much more reasonable.

Well obviously no other team valued him or else the penguins would have sent him that team instead?? You think that dubas didn’t explore other options ? That he gave up assets and retained salary out of the kindness of his heart ?
Habs fans are something else 😂

Petry had a 15-team no trade clause so right off the bat you cut the market in half. Plus, if they wanted to flip Petry, you need to find a team that has cap space for his initial cap hit. Not an easy task.
And by the way, I never mentioned Dubas retained salary by kindness.. I’m saying the exact opposite: he did it because he had to do it.

That’s my exact point…. Obviously the market views petry as a cap dump . So my confusion is how habs fans suddenly think after gaining assets for taking on his contract they are going to flip him for even more assets ? That make’s absolutely no sense . He didn’t suddenly gain value by going to a cellar dweller lol.