1 UFA 2 trades 20-21

Created by: pinslack

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 25, 2020

Published: Sep. 27, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

Description

Target : Domi for a top 6 winger, 3rd RD and 4th center, Smith being a bonus here (replacing Byron).

Smith's agent says he'll aim for 3 years contract. Evolving-Hockey has him at 4.1m for 3 years. Make it 4m with bonus in the contract. He has wonderful advanced stats this year (+3.41 expected goals for & 2.2 WAR, 3rd in his team) and has been steady for years. With him, MTL would have 3 great lines and we know Julien likes to use all its line, so let's get them strong.

Edmundson was signed to play with Petry (he wanted a big body and a reliable partner). Julien likes Chiarot+Weber so if he keeps this duo, that leaves Romanov with a young partner at RD in Juulsen or Fleury (or Mete/Kulak). A 3rd pair RD could be a target this offseason

Richardson could be replaced by Thompson or even Grant. Solid on faceoff, good in its own zone and playoff experiences. Evans is two-way for his 1st year and doesnt have to go throught waivers. I'm pretty sure Bergevin would want experience on its 4th line : he knows Julien loves that.

IMO this team makes the playoff for the 2 next years. No cap problem in 21-22 : https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1953275

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Juulsen, Noah		1	$800,000
Ouellet, Xavier		1	$700,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Craig		3	$4,000,000
Richardson, Brad		1	$1,000,000

Trades

MTL

Miller, Colin

Additional Details:

BUF resigns Montour and use him at RD with Risto + Jokiharju.
MTL would target Miller to give Romanov a reliable partner (Bergevin didn't show lots of trust in Kulak)

BUF

Byron, Paul

Additional Details:

BUF gets the better player. The 3rd year of Byron is why Bergevin would want to trade him.

MTL

Rakell, Rickard

ANA

Domi, Max [RFA Rights]
Mete, Victor [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Domi signs 5.8m / 5 years
Mete signs 1.8m / 2 years. ANA has room at RD, Mete can fill.

Some scouts (like Proman) still see some potential in Mete. He could bring more offensively than he did in ANA. While he's good at D, he'll always lose some battle due to his size.

Domi can be given a center position. He can also move to wing to fill the same role than Rakkel. Both players have similar value

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$74,411,115	$0	$3,137,500	$7,088,885

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 2	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	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Smith, Craig $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW UFA - 3
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Evans, Jake $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 2
	Richardson, Brad $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1

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
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 1
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 2	Miller, Colin $3,875,000$3,875,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Juulsen, Noah $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Weal, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1

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Sep. 27, 2020 at 9:46 a.m.

DirtyDangle

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i think anaheim just keeps the cheaper player. buffalo trade seems fair.

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Sep. 27, 2020 at 9:47 a.m.

Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

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Byron is a cap dump. We easily pass.

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Sep. 27, 2020 at 9:53 a.m.

Xqb15a

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See the above 2 comments.

Sep. 27, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

jpsnow13

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I like the fact that the 2 acquisitions are signed for only 2 years. That's the window.

You would need to add value on both trades because of Byron injuries and Mete exposure to the expansion draft.

Craig Smith singning all the way!!!

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Sep. 27, 2020 at 10:22 a.m.

pinslack

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Quoting: Stanley_Cup_To_Manhattan

Byron is a cap dump. We easily pass.

Quoting: Xqb15a

See the above 2 comments.

Byron kept a 0,25 goals per game for the past 4 years and he's reliable at defense (and on PK). He got injured the last 2 season but hopefully he came back strong last year.

He's certainly not a cap dump, but his AAV lowers his value. 3.4m is fair but the 22-23 year could be a risk.

I think a trade around Miller and Byron is fair cause Miller is also slightly overpaid.

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