How about montreal juat keep Kovacevic and the 2nd. LOL

P.s. ever heard of free agency? Aint no one paying you nothing for 4th liners, every team has plenty of those and the UFA market is loaded with them

someone will take them for late round/future considerations so not really anything to discuss there. As for montreal, perhaps lily can be developed further taking regular top 4 minutes. There's good upside there and a 2nd and a cheap UFA isn't much to pay. Sounds like a win-win to me.

Trust the devil you know. Habs knows that Kovacevic isn't flashy, but gets the job done in the Defensive zone. I also don't think Liljegren is worth a 2nd. Also adding Liljegren limits having Mailloux and Reinbacher making the next move. So again, to have Kovy as the 6-7 defense you can call up the other 2 easier than placing a Liljegren with 1.4(or plus depending on signing) in the press box.

So, with that said Montreal says no thank you.

Habs don't need another D.
Kovacevic is the ultimate best 7th D out there.
He costs LESS than the minimum salary; he's a tower, stable, reliable, extemely popular with teammates.

I see why the LEafs would target him though.