No, Kuzy will be bought out. His buyout is only 2 yr pretty cheap

Probably!

I almost feel like Dvorak should get one final chance in Montreal, this year was bad but Montreal haven't had sufficient depth guys all year, If he has something like Armia and RHP on his wings I think he could be good enough to move at the deadline for a pick/prospect. But man in hindsight that was a horrible trade

And Dvorak’s is even cheaper!

Definitely a bad trade! I just think Evans is just better and that we'll play Dvorak as our 4th center. So why not take a chance with a guy with potential

they buyout is, but even then he's only ~600k more than kuznetsov's 1st year of the buyout and then he gone

the cap hit is way too high, not that Montreal can't afford him but there's no reason to spend money if we don't have to. Kuzy's got some awful advanced stats, and there's been rumors of personality issues in the past, don't need him rubbing off on the young guys if the rumors are true. I wouldn't take him for free, but if we send a contract back (Gallagher/Anderson/Dvorak) then I wouldn't be mad. And he's old, I don't think he'll ever be the player he was a few years ago, but I wouldn't be shocked if he became a good 2nd line scorer on a new team

True, I hope we go for David Perron as a ufa. He’s low risk and has experience.

idk, I really like Daniel Sprong as a potential 2nd/3rd line winger. He's also a UFA and only 27 y/o, and over the past 2 seasons has been scoring at a 55 point pace playing a depth role in Detroit and Seattle, I think he's worth a shot, give him a contract similar to what we gave Toffoli/Hoffman and I think we could do it

I’m just afraid of giving bad contracts since we do that a lot and we’re kinda stuck with Anderson and Gallagher

Kuzy doesn't have potential, he can't tell the ice from the coke cloud around his head!

Would you really trade Gallagher to bring a cokehead into a young teams lockerroom? That is just begging for trouble

Maybe ahaha, but he did 78 points two years ago. He has problems and Montreal might not be the best city for him.

Why would you want him bringing his coke into a lockerroom with so many young guys? 70+ points aren't worth ruining the young guys lives by hooking them on coke.

Because he might not have those problems anymore. Everyone deserves a second chance as well

I never get why teams sign players who've never played for the team to contracts over 3/4 years, unless they're the best players in the league like Tavares and Panarin, the amount of free agents that get 6/7 year contracts and after 2 seasons the team regrets it is crazy, that Anderson contract being a perfect example, Gallagher had been good for a while and habs fans would've been pissed if we didn't keep him, but now we're mad he's making so much and for so long. I wouldn't give anyone a contract bigger than what we signed Toffoli/Hoffman to a few years ago. The amount of money isn't the problem right now, but the term is the worst part.