Wow Montreal gets screwed here.

I mean, this is just...awful. There’s really no other way to put it.

Montreal gets destroyed, Ottawa wins the lottery. Classic.

This is sort of like the Duchene trade, where :

Tampa Bay is Colorado
Ottawa is Nashville
and
Montreal is Ottawa

This is horrid for Montreal.

fair enough I try too hard not to be bias sometimes, what if cirelli stays in montreal?

Tampa gets:
Karlsson
Pacioretty
Byron

For:
Miller, J
Foote, C
Cirelli, A
Callahan, R
2020 1st round pick (TBL)
2020 2nd round pick (TBL)

MTL gets:
Miller, J
Ryan, B ($2,000,000 retained)
Cirelli, A
2020 2nd round pick (TBL)
2019 2nd round pick (OTT)

For:
Pacioretty
Byron
Shaw
Lindgren

OTT Gets:
Foote, C
Callahan, R
2020 1st round pick (TBL)
Shaw, A
Lindgren, C

For:
Ryan, B ($2,000,000 retained)
Karlsson, E
2019 2nd round pick (OTT)

I think maybe taking out the 2nd ottawa sends to mtl makes it closer

In my opinion :

Pacioretty = Miller (most likely Pacioretty>Miller, but since Pacioretty is going to UFA, we'll give Miller the benefit of the doubt)
Shaw > 2nd (Slightly)
Byron > 2nd (Slightly also)
Lindgren = Cirelli
and then MTL just takes Ryan for free.
No thanks.

you pay a price based on need. in terms of immediate upside sure pacioretty over miller but miller is 6 years younger, plays centre, signed for less than what pacioretty will make and for longer, not too mention patches value is at an all time low. I agree with byrons value but not the other two. You dont get a second for shaw given his contract he's overpaid by about 2 mill given his injuries and shouldn't play a top six role so he's taking a spot of a younger guy. Lindgren is close to cirelli but position need at centre is more crucial. goalie prospects are looking pretty good for us in two years with Mcniven and cayden primeau. I don't see a team giving up a first for lindgren, but could see that being the case for cirelli (late round 15-30).