Jim Nill and hangs up on Kent Hughes, Jeff Petry isn't returning no 1st round pick unless Hughes retains 50% of Petry's salary. And that's not happening.

Petry and a high second (33ovr) is worth their first imo. He was on a 34 point pace if it wasnt for missed games. He had something like 8 points in 40 games under Ducharme, but when he came back under St-Louis he started playing like he did the previous years. Everyone on the habs was awfull under Ducharme.

This is a guy who was in conversation for the Norris last year at one point, and he has 4 season in a row with at least 40 points (before this season).

RHD are very valuable these days and team are willing to pay a premium for them, like we saw with the Ristolainen and Seth Jones trades.

For a team like Pittsburg, to replace Letang or Dallas to replace Klingberg, he could be a good fit.

Dallas has like $18,300,000 to sign 8 players and Petry's $6,250,000 eats about 1/3 of it. Doubt Nill takes Petry without some kind of retention. There were rumors of both Dallas and Detroit having interest in Petry but only at $5,000,000 x 3 years. And Hughes basically said that he's not retaining on him. We shall see because he's not getting a decent return with out retaining.

Petry still has like a 15 team no trade list, And Dallas and Pittsburgh might be on it we don't know. So it really doesn't matter the ball is in Petry's court in where he really wants to play. People are only linking him to Dallas because his wife is from Houston so it's close to home. yet his wife said that her and the kids are remaining at their main home in Michigan for the foreseeable future. So why would petry waive to be 1,000 miles from his family and pregnant wife which is over a 2 1/2 hour flight from Dallas to Detroit. just don't see it happening. Petry's probably better off staying there in Montreal with MSL to coach him.