The Price of improvement -- Col Ana and Minn

Created by: HabsRafiki

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 8, 2019

Published: Mar. 15, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

At some point, Carey Price is going to tire of nights like the one he had against the Islanders when, despite his heroics, the team can't win. The Habs need to move on from their dependence of Price and he needs to go somewhere where he can win a Stanley Cup soon.

-- Colorado goes all-in with Drouin and Price. Habs get Jost and, presumably, 2 great picks for the near future.

--Anaheim gets needed cap relief and a speedy, young winger while Habs get the #1 LD.

-- Minnesota gets cap relief and Habs get a veteran star Finn to help groom Kotkeniemi, Ikonen and Ylonen.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ikonen, Joni	3	$925,000
Poehling, Ryan	3	$925,000
Ylönen, Jesse	3	$825,000
Walford, Scott	3	$725,000
Romanov, Alexander	3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Armia, Joel	3	$2,300,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	2	$2,100,000
Olofsson, Gustav	3	$900,000
Kulak, Brett	3	$1,300,000
McCarron, Michael	3	$900,000
Lernout, Brett	3	$760,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Weal, Jordan	3	$2,200,000
Lehner, Robin	3	$4,000,000
Nelson, Brock	6	$6,500,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Schuldt, Jimmy	3	$925,000
Harvey, Samuel	3	$725,000
Kuffner, Ryan	3	$900,000

Trades

MTL

Grubauer, Philipp
Jost, Tyson
2019 1st round pick (OTT)
2019 1st round pick (COL)

COL

Drouin, Jonathan
Price, Carey ($2,500,000 retained)

MTL

Additional Details:

Perry is bought out by the Habs and either retires or re-signs with Anaheim.

Additional Details:

Habs second-round pick in 2019

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667
Karl Alzner: $1,069,444
Corey Perry: $2,625,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Carey Price: $2,500,000 (23.81%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2019
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,000,000	$82,282,419	$0	$3,525,000	-$282,419

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Nelson, Brock $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 2	Jost, Tyson $885,833$885,833 ($850,000$850K) C UFA - 1
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 2	Armia, Joel $2,300,000$2,300,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Weal, Jordan $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 2		Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Deslauriers, Nicolas $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Koivu, Mikko $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Weise, Dale $2,350,000$2,350,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 7	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 7
Mete, Victor $748,333$748,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Schuldt, Jimmy $925,000$925,000	Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($175,000$175K) RD UFA - 1	Lehner, Robin $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD/RD UFA - 3		Grubauer, Philipp $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 2

Top Comments

Mar. 15, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

coga16

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God no

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Mar. 15, 2019 at 6:11 p.m.

HabsRafiki

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Quoting: coga16

God no

Which deal(s)?

Mar. 15, 2019 at 6:18 p.m.

coga16

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Quoting: HabsRafiki

Which deal(s)?

The Avs deal. Want no part of Drouin and a 31 year old goalie getting paid 10.5m a season when the team isnt ready to "go for it" Avs would have to begin to gut their roster to be cap complaint by adding 16m in cap space with those guy.

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Mar. 15, 2019 at 6:19 p.m.

palhal

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Which deals? Avs. Avs can find a lot better value than 13.5m (even with retention) tied up in those two players. And you expect the Avs to give up some prime assets too?
You can be sure than Montreal is not on one of four "trade me to" teams for Fowler.

Mar. 15, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

HabsRafiki

Joined: Jun. 2017

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Quoting: palhal

Well, it's pretty clear Varlamov ain't the guy, so getting Babrovsky is likely to cost $7M. So $8.5 isn't bad. Drouin, for all his faults, is crumpling under the pressure of being in Montreal. In Denver, reunited with MacKinnon and with a better cast around him, it's a pretty good bet he'll be a much better player than he has shown in Montreal. Other than Jost, the would be no roster players involved, so Price and Drouin would be net-positives to the current lineup.

Fowler might balk, but not likely as long as he receives a transfer bonus for waiving the clause that covers the tax difference. Anaheim isn't going to be fun for a while and he's never going to return to being in the top pairing. One way or another, Anaheim needs some cap relief or they'll be at the bottom for a long time.

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