they would...
...But I wonder if something like,
Habs-
Huberdeau- (assuming he'll want over 3M a year)
Campbell- (7,142,875 cap hit, 1 year left)
3th round pick
Panthers-
Pleks- (5M, 1 year)
Eller- (3.5M cap hit, 3 years)
Scherbak- (3 years left on ELC)
Beaulieu- (1M, 2 years)
Thomas- (600K, 1 year)
...dad.
Imo, we're a better team with Pleks, Eller, Beaulieu, and...Scherbak (in a year or two). And, our center depth would go downhill (very fast) after this kind of wild trade...imo (only DD and Galchenyuk as our CENTERS...not too strong...and DLR with very little experience and then there would be Mitchell...imo there's no way Bergevin is trading Pleks
AND Eller without getting, for example, an
Eric Staal back or a
Kopitar).
I'm happy we got Semin for almost free (1.1mil), and (cheap RFA) Kassian+5th for Prust, and Fleischmann on a PTO/tryout...all while keeping our #1 and #3 centers, and a dman with top 4 potential, and a winger with top 6 star potential.
Bergevin is going to evaluate how things are between now and March (trade deadline) and we'll see what kind of a trade he can swing (if there are any good offers soon or later) while keeping most of our star prospects.
It'll be interesting to see when (and how) will Bergevin ''go for it'' (ex: one or two star prospects for that
PLAYOFFS' STAR CENTER/LEADER/PLAYOFFS' WARRIOR and/or
#2-3 playoff-warrior dman...the kind that can help Subban, Price, and Petry win a CUP).