Hostile offer to Noah Dobson: The (really) interesting proposal from Simon Boisvert
Marc-Olivier Cook
He will have money to spend and it will be intriguing to see what the organization’s plan will be after the season.
Will the GM of the Canadiens be as aggressive as in his first three summers in Montreal? After all, let’s remember that he acquired Dach in the draft in 2022, that he traded for Newhook the following year… And that he also landed Patrik Laine at the end of the summer of 2024.
But if the GM of the Canadiens wants to push the envelope even further, he could consider the possibility of making a hostile offer, and at this level, there is one player in particular who catches Simon Boisvert’s attention.
The Snake, in the recent episode of Processus, talks about the idea of going after Noah Dobson in New York:
Interesting proposal from the Snake: the Canadiens could submit a hostile offer to the Islanders for Noah Dobson this summer
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— commissionathletique (@Commissionathl) February 4, 2025
The Canadiens could take the risk thinking that the Islanders might not want to match such a lucrative offer… Especially in the context where the rebuild seems to be approaching in New York.

In Montreal, Dobson would fit perfectly into the Canadiens’ defense… Because there aren’t a ton of right-handed defensemen within the organization.
Savard is there, but we don’t know if he will be back next year.
Carrier has a contract that ties him to the team until the summer of 2027 only… And we also don’t know if Mailloux and Reinbacher will be ready for a big role next season.
We know that the game of hostile offers can be dangerous… But with the current situation of the Islanders, it would make sense to want to take advantage.
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