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Montreal Canadiens Roundup: More offer sheets and Nick Suzuki’s role

By Omar L

TORONTO, ON - MARCH 31: Patrik Laine #29 of the Winnipeg Jets passes Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at the Air Canada Centre on March 31, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - MARCH 31: Patrik Laine #29 of the Winnipeg Jets passes Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at the Air Canada Centre on March 31, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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Dillon ‘Dom’ Dominique: After ultimately striking out on the Aho offer sheet,  I feel like Marc Bergevin could use the threat of an offer sheet to his advantage. Teams now know he is serious. Patrik Laine is a player that Montreal is rumored to have interest in but with Winnipeg Jets GM- Kevin Cheveldayoff being very good friends with Bergevin, I couldn’t see him sending a hostile offer Winnipeg’s way.

I could, however, see the possibility of a trade being worked out between the two clubs. Marner is another name rumored to receive an offer sheet, but I feel he will be too expensive for MB’s liking. An under the radar RFA is- Kevin Labanc who could possibly be had at the right price. He put up 56 points last season so I would expect an offer sheet of around $5.5 million which would cost us one 1st round pick and one 3rd round pick in compensation, which we could find well worth it.

Another option is using the threat of an offer sheet like I mentioned before and working out a trade for the up and coming forward. San Jose has $6.38 million remaining in cap space with 19 players signed to the roster. They may want to keep a little flexibility as their defense could use a little bit of work depth wise.

Kenneth MacMillan: I think the Habs should definitely continue to pursue the possibility of offer sheets. They just need to be careful about giving up too much compensation. An offer sheet that comes with a cap hit of $10.5 million or more would cost the Habs their next four first-round picks.

That’s too much to give up for any player available. However, if they keep the cap hit below that and target either Matthew Tkachuk or Patrik Laine the compensation would be two 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd. That’s still a lot, but when you get a game changer like Laine, it’s worth it.

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