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No... first we give him the one year deal Then... he explodes offensively and we give him a long term big money deal. Then after that we trade him for an older player with a more onerous contract. As is tradition.

If he's signed, it would be a painful move to make, but I would do it. I wouldn't do it without an agreement that he's signing a contract though.

Why does everyone want Eberle? The last thing the habs need is another perimeter small forward who won't produce anymore than someone he would be replacing.

If we have a Tavares signes longterm I think it is a good deal. There is allways the chance that Galchenyuk will become almost as good as Tavares but there is a high risk that he is a 50-point forward that coaches dont dare to play at center position. Having Tavares + Price + Weber (I hope he will stay elite for at least 4-5 years) is a fantastic core to build a top contender around and with players like Pacioretty, Lehkonen hopefully Radulov and also Gallagher... It can be a very great 4-5 years to be a habsfan. Losing Chucky and Sergachev is worth this chance in my opinion.

In my opinion Tavares is a top 5 center in the league and if this team is in "win now" mode, you throw the world at the Islanders to acquire him. We can't complain that Bergevin hasn't acquired a top center and then complain about the cost to get one. The Habs would be very scary with JT in the lineup next year

If I was MB I would offer him up to $7m for 8 years (trying to keep it around the $6.5m range first). I'd also tell Julien that we've screwed this kid around enoug and he is a centre, so friggin play him as a centre, otherwise show Julien the door. I'd also hire someone to work with galchenyuk to improve on face offs and mentor him through the summer. Only if he doesn't take the deal, or isn't willing to put in the work over summer is the only way I'd consider moving him. But I have zero faith in MB, so they'll probably sign him to a one year deal. there is absolutely no reason why this kid can't be close to a point per game player and would have been one if we didn't have that moron MT behind the bench.