Yeah Minnesota would accept that if they're ready to move on from Gus

And what are you paying MTL for alleviating the cap hit for you?

Ristolainen is a 5 million dollar bottom pairing defender with term, and not even a very good one. He is a negative asset and no team should trade for him unless it's a bottom feeder getting a boatload of assets

taking a much worse, less valuable player

this made me laugh - Both are players that play on 4th line and 3rd pair for their teams and one makes almost league min and the other is overpaid.

Add in that Kovacevic is willing to be rough and not back down like most leaf players his value is higher then Jarnkrok by a mile

Habs dont want another opd bottom 6 forward making more than you can bury

We don't need dead wood, we have enough of our own

What dont montreal need ? 3rd liners
What are you offering ? A 3rd liner.

See the problem ?

lol, no, one is a useful middle 6 two way utility forward who can score 20 goals with decent offensive usage and play both secondary special teams with ease that is paid fairly and the other is a bottom pairing defender on a lotto team.

Flyers accept…the fact you might be misunderstanding the current risto situation!