I hate to say it but wouldn't Trouba be a nice piece with Hutson? I know he has a NMC and it's a $8M cap hit but it's for one more year. We can stick it to the Rangers and Trouba/Habs can knock them out of the race. haha.
Hutson / Trouba
Guhle / Matheson
Xhekaj / Carrier
Struble
I think I would offer a 2nd and whatever meh adds for Trouba and flip Savard for whatever we can get (offsets cap hit for Trouba). What would be the cost to acquire Trouba and do you think he would come to Montreal?
Who else could we use a 2nd for to add a physical RD who has top 4D ability? I guess R Pulock is another but he comes with term. R Anderson is another. I actually don't think R Anderson's price is as high as the Flames fans want it to be. It's probably something around what we got for Toffoli but maybe another piece. Other teams will knock on the Andersson door for sure but most of those teams can only offer a pick 25+. If we offer the Flames 1st back, that is likely 14-18 range. That's also much higher than what the Flames gave us for Toffoli.
Offer them Savard as a stop gap RD for their playoff run. Flames 1st, Savard, Roy or Beck, and a one of our 2nd's. That's more value than the Toffoli trade and should make up the difference between a RD and a RW. Both had an extra year of term.
Yeah, I'm back on the R Andersson train! If Flames 1st, Savard, Roy or Beck, and a 2nd gets it done. I'm sold.
Hutson / Andersson
Guhle / Matheson
Xhekaj / Carrier
Struble