Quoting: TheRealisticGuy
Like you said it won't happen at the 2023 TDL, but why would MTL offer that for PLD ?
Just offersheet him for 1 year
So the Jets have the option to not match & receive MTL 2024 1st round pick & MTL 2024 3rd round pick
or
They match & PLD become an UFA summer 2024
It's a win-win for MTL and a 2024 1st + 3rd is less to lose then the package above
Ok first of all, in this fake GM thingy, Montreal isn't making the offer, the Jets are.
secondly a 1 year offer sheet would be amazing if you're Dubois, ok if you're Winnipeg, and absolutely bonkers if you're Montreal.
a 1st and 3rd compensation means the habs offer sheeted him at a salary of no more than 6.3 million for 1 year. PLD signs it and is a UFA in one year when he can name his price - amazing for PLD. Jets would take seconds to decide to match this, they now have a piece that any contending team wants so they either keep him for their own playoff run in 2024 or trade him at the deadline for a package that will definitely be better than a 1st and a 3rd. Don't forget, Ben Chariot got the habs an unprotected 1st, a 4th and prospect at the deadline.
If Montreal is willing to wait, just wait one more year and it won't cost them a thing except an UFA contract offer. Offer sheeting is an absolutely career limiting move for Hughes.