The Light at the end of the tunnel 1st Pick

Created by: wi55em

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 27, 2020

Published: Jul. 27, 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

Dreaming that Montreal finally drafts their first overall pick in 30 years and select Alexis Lafrenière. This pick will fast forward Montreal to a playoff position in 2020-2021 hopefully.

* Offensively Montreal will have 4 four balanced lines.

- With Suzuki officially being the Center#2.

- Danault keeps his spot as #1 by default - neither Suzuki, KK or Domi can show as much maturity and consistency yet.

- With Poehling and Evans as backups when needed, Montreal will have deep formation at center.

- Kovalchuk... He's old. If we can sign a better UFA or trade for a top 6 right wing then we have too. Leaving a first round pick in the table is a must.

* Defensively will be tough for Montreal unless a trade happens before/during the season. Thus getting Vince Dunn will give a bit more of offensive punch from the D. Two second round picks might be a lot (with Jake Allen and his 4M).

- Vince Dunn for 3.85M$ and 2 years. Will stay RFA after the contract. No risks here. If he underperforms, will sign for less. If he performs well, will get a bonus.

- Jake Allen with a 2M retained salary should value a late 2nd pick from Pittsburgh (i think).

- Chiarot and Weber are not fast enough to compensate playing with each other. I dont know how "good" Dunn is defensively but will try pairing him with Weber.

- Mete shows no signs of improvement over the years and just looks like he already hit his "plateau" - maximum potential. (may finish his season at Laval). Better for his development.

*Backup Goalie Race
- McNiven looks really good. Will probably get a chance this year to perform as a backup to Price. I'm eager to see how Lindgren/McNiven battle will end up. I don't think Montreal should spend for a better UFA goalie. Lets give the young guys a chance and its cheaper.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Evans, Jake	2	$1,250,000
McNiven, Michael	1	$1,250,000
Mete, Victor	2	$1,500,000
Juulsen, Noah	1	$925,000
Dunn, Vince	2	$3,850,000
Domi, Max	3	$4,750,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kovalchuk, Ilya		1	$3,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

Allen, Jake
Dunn, Vince [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Only if a contract has been agreed between the player and the GM beforehand.

STL

2020 2nd round pick (STL)
2020 2nd round pick (MTL)

MTL

2020 2nd round pick (PIT)

CHI

Allen, Jake ($2,000,000 retained)

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake Allen: $2,000,000 (45.98%)

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$81,500,000	$79,897,976	$0	$3,137,500	$1,602,024

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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dunn, Vince $3,850,000$3,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	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	Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 2	Juulsen, Noah $925,000$925,000 RD UFA - 1	McNiven, Michael $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 1
Mete, Victor $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jul. 27, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

Stones6160

Brad Boyes please Wq

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 2,496

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50/50 on the Dunn Trade
50/50 on the hawks deal, but I’m leaning towards no,

Very good In Depth Detail though

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Jul. 27, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

Unbiased_Hawks_Fan

Unbiased Hawks Fan

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 373

Likes: 138

So is Mete being moved too?

Jul. 27, 2020 at 5:58 p.m.

CLR

Best gm

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 997

Likes: 303

I agree mostly on your team but 2 things ; Domi (underpaid) and Kokt have to be in the top 9. So, one of Suzuki or Domi on wing (Danault and Kotkaniemi won’t change position... kk would be awful at W.

Finally, mete is not dog ****. He made the NHL so young and he ´s a decent 5th D for now . I this believe he can be a good 4th D on the second pair... which is good

I agree we could find a younger player instead of kovy.

Jul. 27, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.

CLR

Best gm

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 997

Likes: 303

Quoting: CLR

Jul. 27, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

STLBlues17

Sam

Joined: Jan. 2018

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I can’t see the Blues accepting. I mean the chances of them finding players as good as Allen and Dunn with those picks is incredibly slim. Sure they need cap space, but Dunn will be pretty cheap given his role this year and Allen will not be hard enough to move that it would cost Dunn.

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