Now and Forever -- EDM TB NJ LA

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: May 30, 2019

Published: Jun. 1, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

These moves allow the Habs to use their available cap now and still be in a decent position to sign their roster players in 2020 (Domi and Mete) and 2021 (almost everyone else).

Primeau, Poehling, Suzuki, Brook, Fleury and Olofsson anchor the Laval team for a year of development.

EDMONTON -- Gets major cap relief ($6M) and two solid young Dmen. Alzner can be used, buried or bought out. Habs get short-term upgrade at LD and swap up to a good first-round pick in return for a second. Habs buy out Lucic immediately.

TB -- Lightning get huge cap relief ($4M) for a 20-pick move up in the draft. Callahan waives NMC to be bought out and can return to TB.

NJ -- Devils get a veteran leader with top-gear speed and a second rounder to compensate for the age difference; Habs get a big, young C/LW with solid 200-foot game.

LA -- Clears $3M in cap now on a player they would potentially lose next year as a UFA and receive Armia, a very useful RW, and Hudon, whose offensive game might be more valued by Luc Robitaille than by Marc Bergevin. Also assumes Nate Thompson would want to go back to LA and that they'd want him (otherwise, replace with a 4th pick); Habs get another solid scrapper on the RW in Toffoli, who should be playing hard for a contract.

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