Again, like I said with the cap going up and some expendable large contracts coming off the books, I highly doubt they are going to make a trade just to dump salary. If anything it would be to make more room for a guy like Bournival to play more.

Tindori & Beaulieu could still use the rest of this year to grow. Just replacing Murray and Boullin next year with them will free up just over 1.2 million in cap.

Just saying...there are teams who NEED to dump cap...and then there are the Habs, who could stand to loose some cap...but don't NEED to
- Kaden

The only contracts larger than 2mil coming off of the books are Gionta at 5mil, Markov and Subban.

Subban will ask for around a 5 mil raise so we can call that a wash and lets say Markov resigns for 3 mil assuming HABS want him back which is what I have been hearing, so that with all of your expiring players give you 10 million to resign 3 dmen and 5 forwards.

Then add in the 6 mil the cap is projected to jump up next year you have 16million for 5 players.

Assuming Eller wants a raise to 3-4mil you have around 12.5 mil to sign 7 players.

So averaging about 1.8 million per player to replace 7 players on an already average to above average (with all due respect but the point is MTL is not currently a cup contender) team that is being carried by Price doesn't need cap room.

I would disagree and say MTL does need to find some way to dump some extra salary if they plan to be competitive.

The only possible deal i can see if Statsny and McGinn are coming is Diaz, Bourque, DD and Beaulieu.
- soad_live

Statsny is a UFA and McGinn a RFA, no way they give up their top puck moving prospect who will be a fixture in the lineup once Markov retires for FA's, especially since McGinn is no more than a 3rd liner.

Some Names to Consider:

Montreal
Bourque
Desharnais(maybe less likely bc play as of late)
Bouillon
Diaz
Murray
Gionta
Moen (unlikely)
White
Leblanc
Dumont

Colorado
Stastny
O'Reilly (maybe less likely if he can't be moved until February)
McGinn
Parenteau
Talbot
McLeod
Mitchell
Barrie
Johnson


The Avalanche prospects cupboard is quite bare outside of the players currently on the big squad. Not very many promising players on Lake Erie. Montreal would likely get the more established player while some prospects went back the other way. That being said this trade may not be 4 players for 2, it's hard to predict the # of players who will be involved in a deal if there is even a deal, all this is mere speculation.
- Komisaurus Rex

So the avs might move big pieces like oreilly, johnson, parenteau and stastny, while mtl's equivalence pieces that may be going back would be desharnais, bourque and diaz???!!

The avs'll pass...