I've decided that my Black repertoire is too ambitious and unbalanced and I should include some strategic options as well, for tired days or against attacking maniacs. This should be possible within the French, for example choosing the Classical instead of the Winawer, the Tarrasch 3...c5 IQP lines instead of 3...Nf6.

Now to 3.e5. I want to reach solid, thematic positions, and get my knights to c6 and f5 attacking d4 as often as possible, meaning:
- no Bxh6 gxh6
- no Bxf5 exf5
- no very early ...f6 break

Specfically I will be happy to reach this main line position (also reached by Williams on his DVD) against White's Be2 lines:



I'm looking at two move orders to get there while avoiding both Bxh6 and Bxf5:

a) 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 and now theory discusses either 6...Nh6 (7.Bxh6!) or 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6, when 8.Bxh6? doesn't work, but 8.Bd3!? is interesting. But why not 6...cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7!? Now 8.Na3 Nf5 9.Nc2 Bd7 reaches my target position, while 8.Nc3 Nf5 9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Bb4 is another solid line I'm happy to play. 8.Bd3?! Bd7 is now simply a Milner-Barry Gambit position with an extra tempo (Nge7) for Black.

b) 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Nge7 7.0-0! (7.Na3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Nc2 Qb6 is once again OK) 7...Nf5!? as mentioned by Williams on his DVD - I don't trust Watson's 7...Ng6 as a solid option. Now 8.Bd3 looks critical, when Curt Hansen once played 8...Nh4!?. After an exchange on h4 Black can reateat the queen to d8 followed by ...Be7 with a solid position. Instead Williams gives 8...cxd4 9.Bxf5 exf5 but now doesn't mention 10.Nxd4!? which looks like the more dangerous recapture to me.

Why is theory so limited on these lines, and does anybody know ways for White to punish them? 

P.S. I know I also need lines against 5...Bd7 6.a3 or 5...Qb6 6.a3, but one thing at a time!