Low cost option - center from the ufa pool

Created by: ericdufour

Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 28, 2021

Published: Aug. 28, 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

Drouin has little value, the team got pretty far and they dont need to sell all player for others players. Biggest lost = Danault and they can’t replace him without breaking something or giving something important

Bergevin is too cheap to do the big trade that buffalo is asking

Zajac fit all the boxes. His age is the only factor and as a 3rd center or even 4th, he will bring value, experience and be a mentor.

Adding or replacing a Def for a proper 3rd right def would be optimal, but i leave it to others to work on that

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi		2	$2,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Zajac, Travis		1	$2,800,000

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $1,958,333

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$65,337,977	$597,561	$1,475,000	$16,162,023

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($537,500$538K) C UFA - 1	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($300,000$300K) LW, RW UFA - 2
Hoffman, Mike $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 3	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $2,500,000$2,500,000 C UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Zajac, Travis $2,800,000$2,800,000 C UFA	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6
Lehkonen, Artturi $1,150,000$1,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($637,500$638K) LD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Wideman, Chris $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1		Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 5
Paquette, Cédric $950,000$950,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1		Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Perreault, Mathieu $950,000$950,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 28, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.

KeepUps15

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 4,422

Likes: 1,457

Zajac is still a good veteran but he probably isn't asking for 2.8mil

Aug. 28, 2021 at 12:19 p.m.

ricochetii

Go Habs Go

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 10,667

Likes: 4,091

I like it, but indications are that he's signing back with the Isles. They seem to be dealing with their RFAs and seeing what is left to bring people back.

Aug. 28, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.

Warrior24

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 3,455

Likes: 1,624

Zajac has been rumored to have signed with the Isles already.

If he hasn’t, he is worth $1m at the most.

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Aug. 28, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

CEO

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,525

Likes: 668

At the 3nd of the day, I do think the Isles will sign him along with Palmeri, Cizikas, and Parise, but if you look at their roster, Zajac doesn't really fit, so there is a chance he will not end up there. Peoheling might be an option though, if he does well in training camp

Aug. 28, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

Kotkaniemi15

Former Hockey Fan

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 13,144

Likes: 10,516

1. Zajac already signed with the Islanders.
2. I’d rather just play Poehling & Evans.

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