You have to do something with the New Jersey deal....No team is taking on Plekanec and 6m contract without a big incentive or sending bad money bad to Montreal.
The only real differences are adding Boychuk but losing Petry.....seem like a Montreal lose and you really want Boychuk for the next five years? Add Duchene lose Patches...seems like a Montreal loss.
JVR and Tavares gain. No cap room. Money to Galchenyuk next year? Squad look solid at top 6 forwards, top 3 Dmen, but looks weak after those guys.

Yeah, Kulemin makes the Canadians worse. Boychuk is good but the term of 5 years makes it a huge gamble.

to be really honest with you, as a habs fan, I think you somehow made the canadiens worse than it is now. Especially van riemsdyk