Thinking b/c lack of future assets have to probably retain some cap to move these players but preferable to lengthening the cap hit via a buy out and may be able to get some return when doing that vs nothing also wanted to try to do trades to destinations the outgoing players w/ no-movement/no-trade clauses might consider waiving for

Nope. Boston not taking on cap. Don’t need wings. Bad fit.

Habs aren't touching Goodrow's contract for a 5th. Hajek does nothing for us, as we have plenty of LHD already, and Pajuniemi doesn't make up for taking on Goodrow's $3.6m caphit for 4 years. Easy pass.

Was thinking they might do it b/c of the retainage, liklihood wont want to pay bertuzzi what he will prob get in the offseason after his 2nd half, loss of bergeron's set-up ability on pp1, and how panarin's contract term aligns with Marchand's timeline.

Honestly though had trouble trying to even guess what teams if any Panarin would ever even consider waiving NTC for.

Would habs do it if NYR retained $1m/yr?

I don't see how the Penguins would say no to this considering the retention. Would Rangers fans actually be okay with that trade within the division like that after they just gave him a huge deal?

The Islanders and Rangers have never made a meaningful trade with each other. This one will not be the first.

The idea the Rangers would send Laf to the Island is just absurd.

Isles dont want Trouba either and would never make Bailey play for NYR.

Easy Answer > In my opinion, No
In depth answer is these are our current wingers > Hoffman, Armia , RHP, Caufield, Anderson , Gallagher , Slaf and potentially Dach. That's 8 and i dont see Goodrow as being much better or worse than half the habs wingers

If anything it would be a bad contract for a bad contract