Habs 2022

Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 1, 2020

Published: Jun. 23, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

If the Habs do nothing but keep their own players would this team be good enough?

Assumptions:
I figure the cap would probably go up $2M for the 2021 season (not that it matters that much for us)
The Habs draft 8th over-all in 2020 draft and take Perfetti.
In the Seattle expansion I predict losing Chiarot

Questions:
1) Is our LD strong enough? will Romanov and Norlinder be a true #1 and #2 combo? or do we need to trade or sign a true #1?
2) Can either Brook or Juulsen replace Petry? and for how much longer will Weber still be a #1?
3) Are the contracts I gave out fair value? or correct length?
4) Should we keep Danault and trade Domi? or any other combo like that?
5) Would you change the line combo's?
6) Would you draft Perfetti or go for someone else?
7) What return could we get for in a trade for the players I placed on the LTIR?
8) Will the young kids be able to play up to expectations and carry this team?
9) Are there any young players that should be on the team by 2021 that I left in Laval? ie. Ylonen
10) Should we use this extra cap room to trade for players on 1-2 year bad contract from other teams in exchange for high draft picks or high end prospects? (I believe that is a yes)

Explanation:
I placed Danault, and Lehkonen on LTIR because I think the Habs should trade them in this off-season.
I put Petry on the IR because I am unsure if the Habs should trade him.
If we trade Danault, Lehkonen and Petry this off-season we will most likely miss the play-offs again but we would be so much better off for the 2021-22 season especially if we get a couple of high end prospects in return.
I wanted to have cap space available to re-sign the young core when their ELC's expire.

This is mostly for Hab ACGM's but any comments or concerns are welcome from anyone, I'm just wondering what moves other's think we should make going forward, line combo's, and I'm really unsure about the contracts I handed out.

After taking input from OldManWeber and Math731 I feel I need to stabilize the defense so I put Petry and Kulak as the second pairing and left Norlinder-Struble and Juulsen-Brook below them to show that they have the "potential" to move up and grab those spots. I think Mete-Fleury would be a solid third pairing thou.