To Calgary
Toffoli, Chiarot
To Mtl
Monahan, Valimaki
Flames get a top 6W on a reasonable deal that is familiar to Sutter's system & had some success with him... and a bottom 4LD Ufa that fits well to cgys needs & Sutters approach... 2 players that should bolster Calgary for a run this year while shedding Monahans cap hit next year (a net benefit with Tkachuk & Gaudreau needing raises)
Habs get a reclamation project in Monahan... with the top 6C need in Mtl, Monahan will get every opportunity to rediscover his MOJO... if he doesn't, he's an expensive stop gap that Montreal can hopefully turn into futures before the 2023 trade deadline. In Valimaki, Habs get much needed PMD potential, and like Monahan, valimaki will have ample opportunity to seize a top 4 role on par with his potential.
Hoff Suzuki Caufield
Drouin Monahan Anderson
Armia Dvo Gally
Perreault Evans Lek
Edm Petry
Romanov Savard
Valimaki Kulak
Hopefully stay picking bottom 10 this year to add the top pick... Perreault, Kulak, Byron, Paquette, Niku all TD fodder for more picks.
Benefit is that this lineup stays almost 100% intact next season... Poehling/Ylonen replacing Perreault & Harris/Norlinder
replacing Kulak.
With just enough progress from youth, Price back & a 1/2 decent coaching improvement, it's a solid playoff team with a lot of good young players and some quality d prospects soon to come of age