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I agree that those are pretty ambitious returns and, yes, money would need to be retained on both contracts. Still, good homes for both players.
Happy to take my chances on Puljujarvi, though I'd prefer to stretch for Lavoie and leave Puljujarvi and the 3rd pick out of it.
Habs don't really need Eakin. Since I doubt they'll keep Scandella, I'd prefer the core players to be Petry for Hague and maybe swap the Vegas #1 (lottery protected) for the Blackhawks #2 pick (from the Andrew Shaw deal). Unless Juulsen is able to come back, the Habs have a hole at RHD, which they'd have to address with Vatanen or someone of that level.