Why?
We already have an abundance of wingers.
Tatar - Galagher
Domi - Armia
Byron - Lehkonen
Hudon - Shaw
DLo - Scherbak
McCarron
I don't see the Habs offering a contract to Ward unless it is to play for the Rocket.
Is that our forward list? Why are people so mad at Ward then lol... Deslauriers is 27, McCarron won't make it to the NHL, Shaw's done, Hudon 24, Armia 25 , Lekhonen ... the best season point-wise is Armia on this list with 29 points on the Jets who are a way better team than Montreal.
For sure they are "young", I would keep some of them for cheap on the bottom 6... but even if we lose 1 to the waivers what do we lose? A 20-30 points player? How difficult is it to find another one lol
We could use Byron as a trade bait considering his last two seasons, Sherbak should be given a real chance to prove himself on the top 6 this year while Tatar Gallagher and Domi form the core of the offense (lol).
So yeah bring Ward for the AHL to lead the new generation of prosect that hopefully will look better than the last crop