K.

So why does mtl do that?

Not sure why Montreal does that.

They dont...

They don't

They value Studnicka too much
He's basically their version of Pezetta
Which TBH is a great type of never say die battler you want for sure

But as far as Value he has less then Pezetta
I dont see how that equal's a 1st

Its essentially saying we gave away Toffoli for nothing
Hard to sell your first big move as a Amazing Trade where you got overpaid if you do nothing with it
If he got some value back that would be different but this is just BOS F'n us in the A

We traded Reilly (who wasn't that good here) for a 3rd or 4th round pick and cause we had too many LD. Now we trade a 1st for him and a bunch of other garbage?! Our LD is not any less crowded and Reilly is simply not good enough to warrant a 3rd let alone the 1st and the rest of the garbage doesn't make up the difference.