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It depends on two things: What could he be traded for and what is the direction of the team.
IMO - Trade him. Habs have Drouin, Domi, Gallagher already as top 6 wingers then they have a plethora of centerman who could due to lack of openings have to play wing: KK, Danault, Poehling, Suzuki, etc
The whole point of the Pacioretty trade was to get as much value back as possible. We landed Suzuki and a 2nd already. Whatever we get for Tatar is bonus. He was traded to us as a cap dump and we've managed to show that he isn't but he is not the type of player we were actively looking for to begin with. He just fell into our laps.
Habs have a lot of depth on the wings already. its one of their strengths. If they don't want to trade him for non roster pieces, than at least trade him for help in areas of need. Left handed dmen.
If we don't trade him, that's fine too but if he has a stinker in his final year of his contract and is worth much less than he was previously, MB made the wrong decision to not move him. We'll never know otherwise but that is what GM's have to do sometimes. Forecast and hope it turns out.