NYI offer: Prince, Vande Sompel, NYI 2018 1st, CGY 2018 1st and a contingent 3rd (Tatar hits 50 points) if not, 2018 4th.

For: Green (50% retained) and Tatar's rights

Mtl offers: for unsigned thomas tatar and a 3rd round pick in 2019

Andrew shaw +jacob de la rose+ 1st round in 2019

Detroit also keeps there pick if tatar signs for 6+ years and montreal reaches the group of 4

Done that's a pretty fair offer, And probably couldn't get any better.

Yeah zero chance we accept a 3rd for an unsigned Tatar as of today or tomorrow he will have a one year deal in place in probably the $4.7M to $5.3M range 2 2nd rounders would be the least we would accept.

Howard for a bag of pucks and a half used dunkin 15 dollar gift card.

You completely misread that. Here, let me clarify.

DET Gives:
Tatar (unsigned, not that this matters much)
Conditional 3rd round pick (if Tatar signs for 6yrs, the pick is waived. OR If Montreal reaches "the group of 4" (not sure what this is... conference finals?), the pick is waived.)

MTL Gives:
Shaw
De la Rose
2019 1st round pick

My offers for each player (not that I want them all, just to show how much I'm willing to give for each player)

Scenario 1
DET Gives:
Tatar
MTL Gives:
Brendan Gallagher
Michael McCarron
2019 2nd round pick

Scenario 2
DET Gives:
Ericsson
1st round pick (cap dump incentive)
3rd round pick
MTL Gives:
future considerations (basically, nothing)

Scenario 3
DET Gives:
Helm
1st round pick (cap dump incentive)
MTL Gives:
future considerations (basically, nothing)

Scenario 4
DET Gives:
Sheahan
MTL Gives:
4th round pick
OR
Daniel Carr
7th round pick

Scenario 5
DET Gives:
Howard
1st
OR
Mrazek
2nd
MTL Gives:
5th round pick

Scenario 6
DET Gives:
Green (2M retained)
MTL Gives:
Jordie Benn
Michael McCarron
2nd round pick
3rd round pick
(You could probably get more from elsewhere, but MTL is a bad trading partner since our first two RD are set in stone, and Green is another decent RD)

Scenario 7
DET Gives:
Nielsen
MTL Gives:
Ryan Poehling (2017 1st round pick, Center)
Jacob de la Rose
Brandon Davidson
2018 2nd round pick (deep draft class)

What really reduced Frans' value is what's left of his contract. It's going to be an ugly 35+ NTC NMC contract for a player who will begin his decline very soon.