Shea Weber and David Poile

Created by: Habs4ever

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 2, 2021

Published: Feb. 2, 2021

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

I really don't understand GM David Poile. He gave a glowing interview about Shea Weber saying he is still felt in the preds locker room to this day, when he retires we will have a special place with the preds. His leadership is unmatched. His qualities of a human being is impressive. He cannot say enough good things about him and how good he was in the dressing room and on the ice. Then why trade him? he took on an extra $1.2 million in Subbans contract. There is just over 3 1/2 years in difference between the two players. Does PK have the leadership and pedigree of a Weber? NOPE, then why trade him? to add to the wound Subbans in Jersey now. Bad trade Mr. Poile!

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $3,958,333

Buried

Jordan Weal: $325,000 ($1,400,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$74,116,309	$0	$3,137,500	$7,383,691

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	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
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 2	Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
		Perry, Corey $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 4	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	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 2
Mete, Victor $735,000$735,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Poehling, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 1
Fleury, Cale $771,666$771,666 ($0$0$0$0) ($20,000$20K) RD RFA - 1
Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Frolík, Michael $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 2, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

LafreniereIsGOATed

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 12,841

Likes: 6,647

Poile is a very subpar GM.

The Johansen and Duchene deal look awful

I knew from day one Bergevin robbed NSH by getting Weber

It was obvious to me that Jones would become much better than Johansen

Edit: not to mention the Girard trade

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Feb. 2, 2021 at 11:17 a.m.

JulHok92

Joined: Oct. 2018

Posts: 174

Likes: 122

With Subban only playing 3years there, MTL easily won that trade imo. My feeling at the time of the trade and now are that Poile was scared about that contract running until Weber is like 41. Dman that play this type of game usally fall off a cliff past 30 but Weber proved he is such a great athlete that age wasn't such a big factor in his play.

Feb. 2, 2021 at 11:18 a.m.

LafreniereIsGOATed

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 12,841

Likes: 6,647

Quoting: JulHok92

Weber is basically Chara 2.0. He ages like the best of wines.

I'm willing to bet on Shea still being elite in 2 years, at 37

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Feb. 2, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

gmgb

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 7,710

Likes: 5,285

As great as Weber was in NSH, the team had hit a plateau. Subban brought new energy to the Preds. They started playing with swagger and hit new heights they hadn't reached with Weber (Finals run, President's trophy). NSH was winning that trade for awhile. Subban's body broke down before Weber's, but that couldn't have been predicted at the time of the trade. When PK's game started falling off Poile was smart to get out of his contract and get a decent return. I don't love that he used all PK's freed up cap space on Duchene, but that's a separate matter.

Feb. 2, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.

Kotkaniemi15

Former Hockey Fan

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 13,144

Likes: 10,516

It’s safe to say that Poile simply overrated Subban.

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