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Basu writes that asking price for Necas from the Hurricanes could include Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson, who is coming off a career season. That would be little more than a sideways move for Montreal as the team would then have a new gap to fill on the blueline.
This whole article reads weird - the Habs are rebuilding so shouldn't pursue but also the other team would want a 30 year old blue liner coming off a unicorn career year which the Habs shouldn't trade because it would create a whole in their non-contending team?
That entire second line is a reclamation project and the third line is yesterday’s failed second line.
I think there’s been enough draft picks over the years that may come through for the Habs to maybe be good but on paper this is probably still the 6th of 8 forward corps in the division? 7th?