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MTL easily declines this deal.
Absolutely Habs would have interest in Gustafsson (and the price for a guy like him is probably a 1st + solid prospect), Habs would love to bolster their LD, they don't do that by trading their only legitimate LD prospect in their system. I won't go as far as saying Romanov is an Elite prospect, but everyone (analyst and insiders) are saying he's projecting to be a top 4 Dman. This would be incredibly counter intuitive to the direction the Habs are currently on. They aren't and won't be buyers this year. This trade still wouldn't make them contenders, so why give up so much.
So MTL would be looking to do a hockey trade if Gustafsson is available. Not a package deal. One last note, Habs have zero interest in AA (and have no need for him. At Center MTL are starting to have too many guys, Danault, KK, Domi, then the prospect pool of Suzuki, Poehling, Olofsson, Evan, etc. And Habs have too many middle 6 wingers that they know what to do with) but giving Krys to take on his contract could be an appealing deal. But I would do that separately from a Gustafsson trade.