So no changes aside from adding Tavares......can you explain as to why he'll be convinced to sign with the Habs??? Stripping the captaincy of one of your players isn't really a good sign that your organization is doing really well isn't it... and Every team can pitch that he's the missing piece to making them a contender. So unless MTL and Marc Bergevin can improve the team in between now and July 1st, ain't no Tavares happening in MTL sadly.

Don't see the Montreal lineup with Tavares being any better then the current Islander lineup. So i can't see John Tavares committing to Montreal.

Fire the GM and the coach -> win the cup? Yeah alright.

Goaltending makes the difference. But I predict Tavares will re-sign with the Isles, they're apparently making progress with the arena situation which is the main issue holding back the Tavares extension.

I switched things up but a team that has Price, Weber, Patch, Drouin and Tavares ain't bad.

That's the point, any team can do that! STL are interested in Tavares and will have cap space when Stastny comes off the books, they will go " We have Taransenko, Pietrangelo, Allen, Parayko, Schwartz, Schenn...and on and on it goes.... STL can even say they have strong prospects in the pipeline so the team's success is sustainable (Thomas, Kyrou (both playing for team Canada at the WJ), Fabbri, Barbeshev, Thompson....

CBJ has interest in Tavares, and the're projected to have around 16 million in cap space if they let Johnson go (which I think they will) and with just Jenner and Murray to sign, I am willing to bet both of them won't cost more than $6mil so they will have around $10mil in space. They can do the same thing... we have "Bobrovski, Panarin, Wennberg, Jones, Werenski...blah blah blah they can keep going too. same for the prospect pool for future sustainability (Dubois, Bjorkstrand, Milano, Korpisalo)

I could use a lot more teams as examples. Now try and convince me that MTL is a better option. If MTL was winning and were toe to toe in the standings with Tampa bay in their division, than you can "MTL has Price, Weber, Drouin blah blah blah and we're already top of the standings! adding Tavares will pushed the Habs over the top!" ... now that could be a difference-maker when Tavares wants to decide to stay in NYI or go. like I said, if MTL want any chances at landing Tavares, they have to do something that can show that the team is moving in an upwards directions, right they are losing are are doing the opposite of trending upwards. So you doing "almost" nothing will not attract Tavares to MTL

It's not that easy for CLB....they have to deal with their own RFA's (Jenner and Bjorkstand), plus bring in 3 more D....not to mention they have to leave room for a Werenski extension....so their situation isn't as good as it may seem despite the number. MTL will have $16M (and if they can dump Shaw's contract another $4M on top of that) with all of it to spend on forwards. Despite being a fan, I have no confidence that they will use this money correctly and will end up doing something dumb. From a Tavares perspective, I agree, there isn't much to entice him unless you sell the existing core of Price and Weber (who he's played with on Team Canada) and then sell the usual stuff like the last missing piece, key to the city, blah, blah...

Of course Arizona is sitting there with over $30M+ in cap space so maybe the offer him $15M and then add Neal, Perron, Marchessault and Carlssson...instant contender, no?

Or Tavares pulls a Stamkos and signs for under market value....I dunno, these are all for fun I guess as every team would want to dream of a team with a stud C on it....unless you already have 1 or 2 of course.