Habs-Oilers deal at draft

Created by: MountRoyal514

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 22, 2019

Published: Apr. 22, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Poehling and Suzuki start in the AHL but could be called up quick and have a real impact as soon as the first injuries strike, or if one of the current wingers is traded for LD help. Habs get a big forward prospect with hopes that he starts to reach his potential on a Finn-heavy team. Habs either re-sign Benn or sign the younger Chiarot as a UFA at about the same amount, but overall their LD won't improve much, but they do draft someone like Harley at 15 OA. Maybe someone like Byron and Tatar can be moved for LD help if Suzuki and Poehling make the team. No UFAs worth re-signing in summer 2020 either (all of Peca, Deslauriers, Weise, Manning, Folin allowed to walk), and by that time Suzuki, Poehling, Brook, Fleury and perhaps Evans and Vejdemo will be making an impact on the NHL team. Oilers for their part clear out a lot of dead cap space to spend on UFA wingers to help McDavid

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tyszka, Jarret		3	$850,000
Walford, Scott		3	$900,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Armia, Joel	2	$2,500,000
Audette, Daniel	1	$875,000
Kulak, Brett	2	$1,750,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	2	$2,100,000
McCarron, Michael	1	$875,000
Ouellet, Xavier	1	$875,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	2	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Weal, Jordan		2	$2,000,000
Chiarot, Ben		2	$2,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Harley, Thomas		3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

Additional Details:

Habs get Pool Party in hopes of restarting his career, and take on some cap dumps for it. Manning goes straight to the AHL, Russell might get a look at the NHL level but could also be buried or bought out.

EDM

Hudon, Charles [RFA Rights]
Reilly, Mike [RFA Rights]
2019 4th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Reilly has his flaws but can be signed to a cheap deal and provides excellent skating and mobility for a bottom-pairing D, and those 2 factors alone help the Oilers. Hudon can also be signed for less than a million and brings hustle and skating and some unrealized offensive ability to the Oilers as a 4th line forward.

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667

Buried

Matthew Peca: $225,000 ($1,300,000)
Dale Weise: $1,275,000 ($2,350,000)
Brandon Manning: $1,175,000 ($2,250,000)
Karl Alzner: $3,550,000 ($4,625,000)

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

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LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,000,000	$80,418,809	$0	$2,675,000	$2,581,191

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 2	Puljujärvi, Jesse $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW UFA
	Weal, Jordan $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 2	Armia, Joel $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Mete, Victor $748,333$748,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 7	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 7
Kulak, Brett $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 2
	Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($175,000$175K) RD UFA - 1
Chiarot, Ben $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Folin, Christian $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
Deslauriers, Nicolas $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Russell, Kris $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2

Top Comments

Apr. 22, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

MountRoyal514

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Could also be for Sekera and not Russell, which would clear out still more cap room for the Oilers, although Sekera might actually help them more *if* he stays healthy.

Apr. 22, 2019 at 11:59 a.m.

math731

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I'd like it if it was Lucic, Sekera, Manning, Pulju and the 8th overall for Lehkonen and a second

Apr. 22, 2019 at 12:16 p.m.

LobbysOilers

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nobody wants your scrubs for our good players even if you make it a cap dump. if you want puljujarvi you're gonna pay for him

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Apr. 22, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

We_Want_The_Cup

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I honestly don't think this is a bad deal for either party, if EDM is considering free agency help (as they should). They need to clear cap to do anything, or they're stuck in a standstill.

Using a serious question mark chip with upside as payment makes sense. What they get in return isn't what the deal is about. They're players with low probability of panning out as planned.

Apr. 22, 2019 at 1:43 p.m.

F50marco

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The thing is, EDM only needs this cap space if they have someone to use it on. if they don't get anyone that can truly help the team now, than they're just wasting Poolparty for pretty much nothing. A trade like this could only happen in late late June or after July 1st and it would mean they have a player they're ready to sign but need to make some cap room quickly in order to fit.

I think its important to note though Habs fans, Russell is by no means a good dman anymore but he is still an NHL'er. He can step into anyone's lineup and give them good bottom 6 minutes. There may not be a ton of interest but there are some GM's who would throw a late'ish pick at EDM for Russell. Manning as bad as he is, has only 1 year left at a low cap hit. He's not really a cap dump. They could just bury him in the minors and only have 900K of cap so its really no that bad.

I think a more modest return would be draft picks instead of Poolparty in this deal. Kind of like Reilly and Hudon (or it could be other players) for Russell, Manning + 2nd 2020 + 4th 2019. Habs lose only players who don't fit their roster anymore plus get draft picks. EDM get projects who may make their roster and tons of cap space to sign a UFA at the cost of a couple draft picks.

In either case, this only happens if EDM needs the cap because they want to sign someone they don;t have the cap currently for.

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