He just needs a fresh start, all for it in Montreal
He's had a fresh start before.
I don't think Laine will be bad, but I don't see any path to him being worth the cap hit, given his non-existent (at best) defensive game.
The Habs' top line and 1PP will also have to be significantly revamped to work in Laine.
They were obviously never going to match the absurd AAV on Broberg but I’m surprised they’re walking on Holloway who had a fine playoffs and looks to be developing into a really solid, two-way, physical middle-6 forward.
I'm also more surprised they didn't match Holloway, but it makes some sense. EDM basically needs their bottom-six wingers to be at sub-buriable cap hits. Now Holloway was too expensive.
I guess Bowman was never really going to match, he just wanted to get an extra pick back.