Dubois Offered Marner Money Price to Colorado

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 6, 2020

Published: Jan. 15, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

This assumes the Habs are supremely confident in their prospect pool, which looks like it will include another top-10 pick this year, though I have included him in this model.

AT THE TRADE DEADLINE: It saddens me to say that the window for Carey Price in Montreal is closing fast and he won't be a meaningful part of Habs' long-term future. This deal assumes he would welcome the chance to move to a team that is further along the development curve. Colorado has a deep prospect pool and the cap space to make this work. They also have a great history with former Montreal goalies.

ON JULY 1: A hostile move by the Habs to sign away Dubois would force the Blue Jackets to blow up the nucleus of their team or take the four 1st-round picks. Columbus is 29th in the league in revenues, according to Forbes, and is already up near the cap when Atkinson, Nyqvist, Foligno, Wennberg, Seth Jones, Warenski, Dubinski and Ryan Murray are healthy.

If the Jackets match, Habs still add Jost and rotate Domi back to centre.

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