Price to Islanders

*deep breath* ok first of all Montreal could sign Tavares and be a contender, which is more likely than him singing with the islanders considering he doesn’t want to talk about a contract despite the Belmont arena deal... he’s going to the market. Second how would Montreal ever trade price and not get a) a top line player b) a top two D c) an actual prospect and d) a boatload of picks. They would probably have to trade barzal, a prospect and a couple 1st rounders

The idea that Tavares is more likely to sign with Montreal than the Islanders is nothing but fan hope. He probably doesn't want to talk about the contract because he wants to get as much as he can and he can use the market (Montreal) to get it. The Islanders would be stupid not to offer him as much as anyone else, losing him would set the franchise back for years.
As for Price, he has a NMC and a cap hit of $10.5M, so...
A) he can decide the teams he can be traded to and he's gonna rule out any team that is not a contender (with the exception of Vancouver maybe as it is close to home)
B) the only teams who would want him, especially at such a high cap hit, are the ones who are looking at contending and need a goalie at the same time. The only teams that fit these two categories are the Islanders, Carolina and Calgary if they aren't satisfied with Smith (maybe even Nashville, but they seem to like Saaros).
So if the demand is so scarce, how can you expect to come out of a possible trade with the kind of haul you described?
If the Habs go for a rebuild and trade the other old guys (Petry, Weber, Pacioretty, hopefully Alzner), they would want picks, prospects and young established NHLers, but again, how can you expect to get those if only a few teams would want Price?

30 year old goalies with a 10.4 million dollar cap hit for 8 years aren't great trade chips.

what an awful contract. between weber and price, montreal is screwed for a while.

With a NMC...

Montreal has to take back money in a deal, otherwise no team can do the deal And this post had the Habs taking back money.....But the only reason Montreal would do the deal, is to shred cap, so it looks like almost any deal for just picks or prospects is impossible to do.