Solving a Devil of a Problem

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 22, 2020

Published: Feb. 23, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

1) Turris for Byron saves Nashville $2.4M a year for 3 years and a full $6M for the final year. Getting Turris gives the Habs a versatile forward with something to prove and who thrived in Ottawa.

2) Vegas needs a good RHD and the Habs need a solid LHD and more depth.

3) Habs get a "do-over" with what we can only hope is a humbled PK Subban, plus Zacha, who is a solid, but underwhelming player who was picked way too high and has not lived up to expectations. Devils can reunite Caufield and Hughes. Habs get cap relief from trading Alzner (covers half of Subban's contract), a potentially game-breaking dman with a lot to prove (seems a theme) and a strong, capable young grinder in Zacha.

Kotkeniemi and Poehling get time to grow as players, as do Romanov, Brook, Harris and Primeau.
With expansion, plus Halak, Weal, Kovalchuk and Thompson's contracts ending, Habs will have space to re-sign Gallagher, Danault and Tatar, assuming they're still with the team.

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