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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
You likely don't need to offer anywhere near $5M.
Montreal is paying it anyway, so they are probably happy if another team will pick up $1 or $2M of it.
The question is: would Julien take a rest-of-season job to see if he is a good fit with the new team?
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Not sure MTL is concerned about the money as much as making the playoffs (and at this moment in time CGY is the team most likely to knock them out)
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Depends on the terms of the contract. Is it possible that Montreal stops paying him altogether if he takes a head coaching job elsewhere in the NHL before his term is up?
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Generally not how it works...the teams negotiate a bit, but generally the old team is just off the hook for about as much as the new team pays.