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Montreal should not offer more than Winnipeg could get elsewhere.
We aren't in a position to get into "bidding wars" for players, when we still have our own talent to evaluate and roster to develop, before paying to address needs.
Dvorak, Harris/Norlinder/Kidney (or similar), and the later of MTL/FLA 1st, + Armia or Hoffman for cap - max.
Don't want to give up on Dvorak so soon, but he's MB's guy and PLD would be an upgrade.
We can afford to include a LHD or forward prospect, as long as it isn't one of this year's picks or trade acquisitions (or Roy, though he could be a maybe in the right deal). That's where I think another team trumps any offer we could(/should) make.
The 1st is where we "might" be able to make up the value by offering the better of the two picks, but I don't think we should keep throwing 1sts at attempts to address the same position before fully evaluating the previous acquisitions (Dvorak and now Dach), especially if we can get it another way with patience (Kidney, Bedard) or UFA at a better time (higher cap, good free agent crop).