Habs

No. Suck for another year and then move forward with the Suz/Caufield/Romy/Guhle/Barron core. No need to sign Forsberg - keep selling.

I like both but I doubt Oilers and Stars fans agree. IMO prefer Dellandrea 1 for one. I would add a Dmen like Wideman to compensate.

dallas probably only does that if klingberg doesn't resign, might also need to retain a mill.

i highly doubt forsberg has montreal as a team of interest and i don't know why montreal would want him they are clearly in a massive rebuild and he would only delay them from getting better picks and giving young players opportunites, signing forsberg to that price also puts them in a cap crunch and i just don't think he is enough to make montreal competitive enough to compete with Bos, Tampa, Florida and Leafs for a PO spot

i think this season is the beginning of a rather big rebuild for montreal and i wouldn't be surprised if montreal sold on gallagher, price, dvorak, anderson, edmunson throughout the offseason and TD.

i also think offering romanov 4 mill would be a mistake
- he's has been a turnover machine this season
-he plays to aggressive and often takes himself out of the play
- his base stats like hits and blocked shots look impressive but all his advanced analytics like xGA/ xGF, Corsi/ Fenwick, WAR%, even strength defence and offence % are all terrible. He kind of reminds me of Risto at points in both his 2 seasons his even strength defence% were below 25% but atleast last year his offence was at 81% this year it is at 42%. the only analytic he has truly stood out in is his PK%

Wideman is a UFA. I would love a Petry for Dellandrea swap - we can sign Wideman for the year to fill the gap before Barron is ready - eventually, Mailloux can step in too.

Maybe Habs can take back Khudobin instead of retaining?