Twenty-something teams beat that Bouchard offer, if not all of them.

The habs are waiting until Dubois goes to UFA

I don't believe the Habs will wait, I also don't believe they will OS him and neither Chevy or HuGo will try to screw the other. A trade will likely happen and it will be a trade that both sides find acceptable but likely one where Jets fans think they should have gotten more and Habs fans will think they should have paid less.

When you say "beat", do you mean beat the offersheet numbers, or conventionnal trade value ? If it's the later, why would they need to beat ? Wouldn't they just offersheet Bouchard themselves, to pay the exact same price ? I understand that approaching a player with an offersheet doesn't necessarly mean he would sign it (which could also be true for the Habs)...but like I said, this is purely based on Bouchard insisting on reaching a long-term deal, and the Oilers only wanting to bridge. If that base isn't true, then there's probably no deal to be had, period.

I meant the trade offer above. But now that you mention it, conceivably both. Someone might need to go trade route if they know the Oilers are able to match, but still want to see what they could get for him from the crowd banging on their door.

Flyers pass, not enough for Carter. Jake Allen is a bum, how come people think he holds value?

That doesn't make sense, PLD has said he wants to play for Montreal so if he does get traded he'll just play for that team for a year and then go to the Habs in UFA

I was saying I think a trade to the Habs will happen, not to any other team.

As I said it makes sense for the Habs to wait PLD out

Honestly, Allen is a better goaltender than what his stats suggest. That being said, he's clearly not the main piece in this deal. He's just there to serve as a gap goaltender while PHI figure out what they want to do at that position, after moving Hart. The value is in Tuch, Kovacevic and the 1st (and the assets that could be gained by flipping Allen if they chose to do so).