Something different

Created by: ColonelX

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 15, 2020

Published: Jun. 15, 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

Some thoughts behind the process of this one.
-I don't see that Domi trade happen but I've seen the offer out and said to myself "Why not and see where we end up". Obviously the main target's the 7OA pick but it was said that we'd need to take something back in exchange for it, Okposo's not the player he was years ago but still able to put some points up the board and I'd see him as a stop gap until Caufield comes in (Most likely to buy out his last year). I don't want to trade Domi for an unproven prospect or a pick but if it's the only offer around I'd consider it if the management isn't sold on him cause imagine coming out the first round with two of Drysdale, Raymond, Rossi and Perfetti.
-Everyone signs Kovy on a one year deal but I'd be willing to give him 2 years if he's taking a cheap deal like this one.
-I don't see Bergevin buying Alzner's contract this summer but I could see why he'd do it. In the end we pay 400k more this season than burrying him and save 400k next season in the buyout difference cap hit and finally we've got the last two years at 833k. We've got money this year and lots of big contracts coming up so it would make sense for us to "prepay" 400k this year and save a little bit for the 2021 offseason. Once again I think they'll wait (If there's no CBO) but as explained I can see why they'd do it.
-Why haven't I seen offersheets for Ethan Bear yet on this site? Edmonton will have around 10M$ to sign/call up 6 players (1LW, 1D, 1G and 3 healthy scratch) which is doable but now if we overpay for Bear at 4M$ they'd be left with 6 and that's beginning to be tight. We pay more than we should but get a guy that fixes our third line this season and will be ready to take Petry's spot next year straight up (Or at TDL?). Bear isn't the biggest or fastest but his hockey IQ and first pass makes him a top four defender in this league already. He's got offensive upside on the long run and in three years from now we might say that 4M$ per year is a very team friendly contract if he keeps developing. Knowing that Bouchard could come in and fill the hole soon could tip the scale for this OS to go through.

One last time, I wouldn't do all these moves but I'm trying to think outside the box from the Sergachev's OS or Domi to Colorado for Graves trades.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Evans, Jake	2	$975,000
Juulsen, Noah	1	$900,000
Mete, Victor	3	$2,500,000
Bear, Ethan	4	$4,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Brassard, Derick		1	$1,500,000
Kovalchuk, Ilya		2	$1,500,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Bear, Ethan	$4,000,000	2021 2nd round pick

Trades

MTL

Okposo, Kyle ($1,600,000 retained)
2020 1st round pick (BUF)
2021 7th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Domi, Max [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $3,958,333

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	$75,706,309	$0	$637,500	$5,793,691

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
Kovalchuk, Ilya $1,500,000$1,500,000 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
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Brassard, Derick $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Okposo, Kyle $4,400,000$4,400,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $975,000$975,000 C UFA - 2	Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 6	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 6
Mete, Victor $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 2	Bear, Ethan $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Weal, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Juulsen, Noah $900,000$900,000 RD UFA - 1