Drouin isn’t injured anymore
No to Kale Clague
I don’t know why you signed every UFA & RFA to two years deal ? Just too lazy to change ? MTL would only do the Gallagher trade

I'd rather just buy Faksa out. Luckily this course of action is pretty cheap.

That bottom 4 D....essshhhh.
0 chance MTL is trading Edmunson, he is a top 4 shutdown D and a big leader on the team.
Hughes already said a lot of youth will be in the lineup next yr, Ylonen and pezzetta will be in way before Silferberg and deslauriers. Very possible Byron doesn't play again with his Hip injury still bothering him.
Clague is not making this team, not even close.
Drouin won't be injured anymore, he had his surgery.
Also Gally is likely staying, one bad year and he's traded for scraps??? Highly doubt Hughes does that. IF Gally is traded it wouldn't be at his lowest vaule, not a chance.

No thank you — I’ll just hang out with Silfvy and Moore’s cap hits rather than trade for Gallagher’s

Anyone taking Gallagher without 50% retention shouldn't be an NHL general manager.

If we're going to take on a cap dump or two (a la the David Backes trade), it should be for positive assets, not an exchange of cap hits.