Finn-ishing Touches

Created by: HabsRafiki

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 5, 2019

Published: Apr. 17, 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

The Habs add two veteran leaders with hefty contracts -- one for just a year and the other for four years.

Deal offers the Habs a huge upgrade in grit and leadership and gives the Wild and Islanders some much-needed cap relief.

Koivu, who would have to approve this deal, would solidify the forward lines and be a mentor for Kotkeniemi and Poehling. It would also bring full circle the Koivu legacy in Montreal.

Chiarot would be a solid investment that would allow the Habs to develop the next generation of blue liners at a proper pace.

When he's on, Ladd is great. But the Islanders can't afford him if they're going to re-sign Eberle, Lee, Beauvillier and Lehner. Not many teams can afford to take on Ladd's full contract, but Montreal could. Assuming they get Lehner under contract, Gibson is the odd man out and is ready to move up as an NHL backup. Hudon for Koivula is a reasonable exchange, given each team's respective needs.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Walford, Scott		3	$800,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Armia, Joel	2	$2,250,000
Kulak, Brett	2	$1,250,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	3	$2,750,000
Olofsson, Gustav	3	$850,000
Zacha, Pavel		$2,000,000
Quenneville, John		$950,000
Mueller, Mirco		$1,050,000
Ouellet, Xavier	2	$725,000
McCarron, Michael	2	$915,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Weal, Jordan	3	$2,200,000
Folin, Christian	2	$900,000
Chiarot, Ben	5	$4,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kaski, Oliwer		3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

Koivu, Mikko

MIN

Byron, Paul ($1,000,000 retained)
Lindgren, Charlie
2020 2nd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Pick conditional on Koivu playing >60 games.

MTL

NYI

Harris, Jordan [Reserve List]
Hudon, Charles [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667
Dale Weise: $1,183,333
Karl Alzner: $1,069,444

Retained Salary Transactions

Paul Byron: $1,000,000 (29.41%)

Buried

Matthew Peca: $225,000 ($1,300,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$82,311,586	$0	$2,675,000	-$811,586

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 2	Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 2
Ladd, Andrew $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW NTC UFA - 4	Koivu, Mikko $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 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	Lehkonen, Artturi $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Deslauriers, Nicolas $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Armia, Joel $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
		McCarron, Michael $915,000$915,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chiarot, Ben $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 7
Mete, Victor $748,333$748,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 7
Kulak, Brett $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Folin, Christian $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 1	Gibson, Christopher $675,000$675,000 G UFA - 1
Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($175,000$175K) RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Apr. 17, 2019 at 7:52 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

Joined: Oct. 2017

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Koivu at 4C lol.

MIN declines anyway.

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Apr. 17, 2019 at 7:55 p.m.

TanSor

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Quoting: BurgerBoss

Koivu at 4C lol.

MIN declines anyway.

Koivu is... a prideful guy. Can't see him agreeing to be moved from the team that drafted him (he LOVES it here, wrote a player tribune thingy a couple years ago about how MN is his home away from home) where he can play in the middle 6 to a team where he'd be relegated to the 4th line.

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Apr. 17, 2019 at 7:56 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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Quoting: TanSor

Indeed. And it's not like he's waiving his NMC either.

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Apr. 17, 2019 at 7:58 p.m.

TanSor

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 8,697

Likes: 7,071

Quoting: BurgerBoss

Indeed. And it's not like he's waiving his NMC either.

Let's just say I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the same room as him (not that I would be) when he's being asked to waive his NMC AND that he'd be going to a team where he'd have to be a 4C... I could honestly see the guy flipping chairs. He can get really heated, angry Mikko is scary.

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Apr. 17, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

Joined: Oct. 2017

Posts: 32,727

Likes: 31,454

Quoting: TanSor

Luckily that will most likely never happen.

Koivu will be a forever Wild. Number 9 will be retired.

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