Habs Rebuild

I have no idea if this would be close, but Edmonton needs a goalie and this is the kind of trade where I could see a team like Edmonton being interested in Price.

Move Price, his contract is terrible and is going to be even worse as he gets older.

If anyone is gonna trade for Weber, I feel like it would be Jim Benning because he'd salivate at his size and a pairing of Weber Hughes.

Get out from this contract while you still can and he has some value...

I'd assume the Habs would just take what they could get for him in terms of draft picks or young prospects.

Expansion draft.

Either one of him or Byron I could see getting taken with the other getting traded to Seattle.

Philly appears to be (for some reason) in win-now mode and getting a top 2 RD would really benefit that team. While they have to give up a really good prospect in Cam York, he doesn't really fit into their window.

Gostisbehere is a cap filler and potential reclamation project for the Habs.

Patrick is good, but his injuries have seriously hurt his value and I could see Philly being interested in moving him.

Again, I have no idea if the value is fair or close in this package. It really depends on your valuation of York and Petry.

Petry is where you really get your value in a rebuild. He has the most value of the players that the Habs would consider moving and, at his age, he wouldn't really make sense for them to keep.

Ben Chiarot SCREAMS Boston Bruin to me. He'd be a good second pairing guy for them and would fit their identity perfectly.

Get a 2nd to 3rd pairing defenceman who's younger than Chiarot and a midround pick.

Laine may not want to sign with Columbus (which this trade is contingent on him not wanting to re-sign) so they get a very good LW on a pretty good contract, a 1st round pick that could very easily be high in the draft and a 3rd pair LD.

I know, this trade is also not close, but something framed around Toffoli+ for Laine.

If you can get Patrik Laine, you do it. Put him next to Kotkaniemi or Suzuki and that is a disgusting line.

Josh Anderson is the archetype for the type of player James Dolan would want as a tough, hard-hitting guy who can hold his own.

Chytil is a massive overpay for Anderson, but I have a feeling the Rangers are going to overpay for someone exactly like Anderson this offseason and if the Habs can pounce on that they should. The addition of Joel Edmundson as a tough defenceman could also entice them, even more, to give up some really good assets for some tough guys.

And again, yes, I know more needs to be added to this trade.

Josh Anderson's contract is very not good, and getting out from him now would be smart for the Habs. If they can pick someone up like Chytil they should 100% do that. Getting a depth defenceman that's younger would also be a smarter move if they're going to rebuild because Edmundson wouldn't really fit what the Habs window is going to be.