The Montreal Canadiens have long been rumoured to be the destination of choice for Pierre-Luc Dubois. He already talked his way out of Columbus and told the Winnipeg Jets he won’t be signing there long term either.
His agent spoke publicly last offseason about Dubois desire to play in Montreal. He is a restricted free agent right now, but he can just accept his qualifying offer and become an unrestricted free agent in a year if he wants to do that. Then, theoretically, he could sign with the Canadiens if that is where he wants to be.