Whatever the Habs need to do to get him to burn an elc year they will promise and have a plan for it, before Fowler signs. He's going to play in Laval most likely for the next 2 seasons, which would conclude his ELC deal. So, his next deal would likely be a 2 year bridge type one to serve as a backup. Now, FLA did burn Knight's year 1 and ended up signing him for $4.5 mill AAV for 3 years afterwards, but he basically played very little in the A. I don't think Fowler will be mirroring that development.