Realistic off-season and lines chemistry

Created by: GMs

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 29, 2020

Published: Mar. 29, 2020

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

UFA Leaving : Kinkaid - Folin - Weise
UFA staying : Dauphin sign a 2-way contract

RFA getting qualified : Domi Mete Evans Juulsen Vejdemo McNiven
RFA that might get qualified : Blandisi Hudon Ouellet Lucchini
RFA leaving : Waked Stutz Luchuk

Ouellet will probably try another team to play in the NHL

Reserve list sign : Cam Hillis Alex Romanov
Reserve list not receiving an ELC : Samuel Houde Allan McShane Cole Fonstad Arvid Henriksson

Domi gets sign long term but a risky contract
Mete received a bridge deal

UFA : Kovalchuk was great for Suzuki / Greiss to back up Price

Russian are landing : Romanov is more than likely coming over and rumors are Marchenko’s coming over with him, could be a great mentor. Some rumors saying Okulov could go to MTL or TML

Laval Rocket :

Hudon-Kotkaniemi-Ylönen
Dauphin-Poehling-Belzile
Vejdemo-Hillis-Alain
Teasdale-Pezzetta-Cox

Leskinen-Juulsen
Olofsson-Fleury
Alzner-Brook

Primeau
McNiven

Raphael Harvey-Pinard might receive an ELC

We need a ECHL team tho

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Romanov, Alexander		3	$925,000
Hillis, Cameron		3	$880,833

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Domi, Max	6	$6,250,000
Mete, Victor	3	$2,000,000
Evans, Jake	1	$925,000
Juulsen, Noah	2	$900,000
Vejdemo, Lukas	2	$800,000
Hudon, Charles	1	$800,000
McNiven, Michael	1	$700,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kovalchuk, Ilya	1	$3,500,000
Greiss, Thomas	1	$3,450,000
Dauphin, Laurent	1	$700,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marchenko, Alexei		1	$2,000,000
Okulov, Konstantin		1	$925,000

Buried

Karl Alzner: $3,550,000 ($4,625,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$78,603,809	$0	$425,000	$2,896,191

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 1
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Domi, Max $6,250,000$6,250,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Kovalchuk, Ilya $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW UFA	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 2	Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $925,000$925,000 C UFA - 2
		Okulov, Konstantin $925,000$925,000

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 6	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 6
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
	Marchenko, Alexei $2,000,000$2,000,000	Greiss, Thomas $3,450,000$3,450,000 G UFA - 2
Mete, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Romanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Weal, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1
Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 29, 2020 at 9:51 a.m.

CaptainFlynnt

Habs

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 2,224

Likes: 384

I want to see the habs switch things up a bit, my top 6:
Drouin - Domi - Gallagher*
Tatar - Danault - Kovalchuk*

Kovalchuk was a beast with Danault and Tatar while Gallagher was hurt. Why not try our best possession player (Gallagher) with our most skilled forwards (Drouin and Domi). Gallagher gets guys going and MTL needs Drouin and Domi to have a big year.

Also resembles the 2010 playoff top 6 group pretty closely (rewatched those series for something to do);
XXX - Gomez - Gionta = Drouin - Domi - Gallagher
Cammallari - Plekanec - Kostitsyn = Tatar - Danault - Kovalchuk

The rest of the lineup is a huge upgrade over the 2010 team that went on a good playoff run.

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Mar. 29, 2020 at 10:53 a.m.

Subbanator7667

Subbanator

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 7,340

Likes: 3,342

I agree with pretty much all.of this. Especially needing a ECHL team, with the amount of picks that would be sent away from developing in the system would just be a waste.

Bergevin will not let this team come into next season without a change though. Likely moves one of Domi, or Tatar in a package for a top LHD. And still needs to look at making room in the center of the ice so that KK can come into the league in 2021 and play in the proper top 6 role he needs.

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Mar. 29, 2020 at 12:06 p.m.

Kotkaniemi15

Former Hockey Fan

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 13,144

Likes: 10,516

I think KK will end up in the NHL this year, but otherwise great work. I like the lines & pairings a lot. If we are signing a backup & re-signing McNiven, I could see the habs trading or at least loaning Lindgren to another AHL team. Great work. 👍

If KK does make the team, my lines would be:
Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Domi - Suzuki - Kovalchuk
Drouin - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Lehkonen - Evans/Okulov - Byron

IMO, these lines don’t have as much chemistry as yours, but it’s hard to do so while moving Domi to the wing.

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Mar. 29, 2020 at 10:04 p.m.

OkBoomer

Ok Boomer

Joined: Mar. 2020

Posts: 346

Likes: 70

My guy signed Domi to a 6.25 mil contract for 6 years. Point signed for 6.75 mil for 3 years. NO WAY Domi gets more than 3 years. Also, why the hell did you sign McNiven over Lindgren?

Mar. 29, 2020 at 11:16 p.m.

Blazingbat11

Molson beer is meh

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 3,815

Likes: 1,734

Edited Mar. 29, 2020 at 11:36 p.m.

1 or 2 of McShane, Houde, and Fonstad will get an ELC imo. As long as Habs can manage under the 50 contract cap, I don't think it would be a problem. Even if Laval ends up getting over stocked with guys, with the high probability Trois-Riviere will get an ECHL team soon, Laval will have an affiliate to send guys.

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