I would definitely do that. I would even be willing to add some value going back to MTL if the year of the picks were swapped to a 2021 2nd and 2022 1st.

The year after the cap will still be 81,5M and u will need to resign Suzuki, Romanov and Primeau..... Still to much money for Danault

No

That Danault contract is the same as the one Eriksson Ek signed, and he's 4 years younger and scored 19 goals in 56 games. I don't think the Habs can give Danault anything near that. Danault's comparables are going to be Lowery and Pageau, probably leaning closer to Pageau. It was reported that he turned down the same contract as Pageau before the season, but I think the Habs need to push for the same $30M deal and maybe spread it over a longer term to keep the AAV down; if they went as long as 8 years (taking Danault to 36 years old), then 8x$3.75M. A 6 year term would be better, but they'd need him to take a pay cut. Pageau signed his deal before the flat cap.

Unless Suzuki has a crazy year, I think they'd either sign him to a bridge deal around 3x$6M (comparable to Point or Barzal) or, preferably, a long term deal similar to Eriksson Ek around 8x$5.5M. I can definitely see his agent pushing for the bridge deal though.

For KK, I'd look to Sam Bennett as a comparable. KK hasn't shown nearly as much scoring ability as Bennett did early in his career but has a better all-round game. Bennett's first RFA deal was 2x$1.95M so I think the Habs could sign KK to a similar deal. I can't see anyway that KK and his agent agree to a long term deal while his stock is this low and he's likely to break out in the next couple of seasons.

For the trades, in my opinion Butcher would be a significant step down from Chiarot and a higher cap hit, so I'd rather just keep Chiarot. Meier's value is tricky because he's an outstanding player, but his contract is structured so that his qualifying offer in 2 seasons will be $10M. It's unlikely that Meier will be worth that much unless he elevates his play significantly before then, so I think I would remove the 1st from that trade since he'd be a rental+1. I also don't think there's any way that Anderson is moved next season unless Bergevin steps down as GM and his replacement makes the deal.

Byron's contract is a pain with the flat cap, but I think the Habs will likely hang on to him for at least one more year. He's still a valuable depth player (if ~$2M over paid) and his contract will be significantly cheaper to move/buyout in the last year.

Rather than McCabe, I think the Habs will look for some RD depth instead (assuming they don't think Fleury or Brook are ready to step in). Ducharme has already said he doesn't want to put Romanov on the right side and Kulak is a solid depth D who can slot into the top-4 short term without a problem. They also have Norlinder, Guhle and likely Harris that will be pushing for a roster spot as early as this coming season in Norlinder's case.

Since the draft in is Montreal, theyd want a 1ST rounder that year