Edited Mar. 30, 2018 at 10:28 a.m.
"8,250 will be his demand in mtl because of the tax plan, he would ask probably 6 to 6,5 in Vegas or Tampa !" This is a quote cut and pasted that you made when referring to bringing in and having to overpay Kovalchuck for two years! (see your own post The New Era)
Obviously not very consistent when now you want to underpay Tavares and bring him to Montreal. Almost every Montreal Post fantasizes about Tavares but taxes aren't the only reason (but a solid one) that I can't see Tavares in Montreal. Tavares has stated that he wants to insure he is put in a postion to win and I question if Montreal is that organization.
Montreal goes to cap hell when the Price contract goes to $10.5M, and at such he is virtually unmoveable. Add bad contracts to Weber, Petry and Alzner, Shaw, and Montreal having one of the worst Defense in the wholel league.
Montreal likely to go into at least retool, or full blown rebuild, similar to where Islanders are now!
Montreal with the 28th ranked farm system to draw from, suggest rebuild will take longer than most.
Tavares is loyal and as such values loyalty (or why would he be still considering staying in NYI. . . . . compare that to Montreal, Bergevin, with Subban, and now shopping Patches, and how much loyalty given to proven loyal Canadiens players.
You and all Canadiens posters, have to take into consideration of the reality, and understand that Tavares isn't looking at Montreal, Salary, Taxes, Winning, ETC. . . . .STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!