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Originally Posted by New Era
Okay, so pick your defenseman and then a $4-5 million in cap space to spend on another defenseman or forward.
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The question was if you would take Subban over those other guys right now.
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Montreal may not be hurting right now, but they will be when they have to pay Galchenyk and fill out the blueline next season. Montreal's payroll just got really complicated. To me, this is as bad a signing as when Chicago inked Crawford for $6 million a season. Just a very poor decision based on overall ability.
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Galchenyuk is already making close to a million, he will indeed get a raise, but he won't break the bank.
The Habs have about 22 million coming off the books after the 15/16 season, so it's not like they're in trouble for the foreseeable future. You sign your star players for big contracts (Subban, Price) and worry about the complimentary/filler players later. They're not in cap hell, they will be fine.