Perron or Sprong won't get the Habs near a playoff spot so they are of no use.
Xhekaj won't get the Habs near a playoff spot so he is of no use.
Engstrom won't get the Habs near a playoff spot so he is of no use.
Newhook won't get the Habs near a playoff spot so he is of no use.
Beck won't get the Habs near a playoff spot so he is of no use.
Kapanen won't get the Habs near a playoff spot so he is of no use.
It's a team game. All together, with everyone contributing something, teams make the playoffs.
Perron and Sprong could have contributed way more than RHP, Pez and ABB. Maybe Perron makes up for another bad Anderson year.
Maybe they would be the difference makers, maybe not. But to not try, with short-term reasonable contracts for proven secondary scorers, is a head scratcher.