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Argument to bring back PK Subban for the final year of his contract

Created by: KentMcNally
Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens
Initial Creation Date: Sep. 13, 2021
Published: Sep. 13, 2021
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Right Handed
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Expiry Status
Term Remaining
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$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
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Description
I think PK would be energized to come back to Montreal. He loved it there and i think you could see an uptick in his play if he returns.
He is a right shot defenceman, which is in demand in Montreal.
At this stage in his career he would not be expected to be "the guy", he would just be a quality addition to the defence as a 2nd or 3rd pairing player.
If you pro rate his stats from last year he was on pace for about 35 points. Not bad for a D. I acknowledge that the points likely came as a result of being given top pairing minutes in NJ, though. Nevertheless, i think Subban on the 2nd or 3rd pair will still get more points than Kulak will likely ever get. Kulak may bestronger defensively, but not substantially.
With respect to draft picks some people tend to overvalue picks after the first round. If you do some Google searching about the likelihood of a draft pick playing more than 200 games in the NHL you will see that picks in the 3rd round and later have a low rate of success. Of course there are always exceptions to this and some real stars are found in the later rounds, but the math is what it is.
In this scenario I even left Drouin on the team, which I almost never do in any of my other posts. I am still very skeptical about him though.
Reasonable approach for Montreal (and NJ) or no?
Does Montreal need to add or subtract to make it happen?
Trades
MTL
  1. Subban, P.K. ($3,500,000 retained)
NJD
  1. Fairbrother, Gianni
  2. Kapanen, Oliver [Reserve List]
  3. Kulak, Brett
  4. 2022 3rd round pick (CAR)
Additional Details:
I have seen many posts suggesting a Subban trade where NJ retains $4.5M and they are trying to basically give him away. If they retain $3,500,000.00 and pay Kulak's $1.85M it is all pretty close. Kulak is certainly worth $850K. (The $1M difference is the difference between retaining $4.5M vs $3.5M)
I still think PK brings a lot more to the table than Brett (but Kulak is not terrible, as he reportedly has good analytical value).
NJ gets some assets for a guy on an outgoing contract that I cannroot see them re-signing.
Fairbther will stay in the minors to avoid the actual cap hit to NJ.
Buyouts
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2022
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2023
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2024
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$81,500,000$69,800,477$597,561$1,475,000$11,699,523
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$2,125,000$2,125,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$537,500$538K)
C
UFA - 1
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$880,833$880,833 (Performance Bonus$300,000$300K)
LW, RW
UFA - 2
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$4,500,000$4,500,000
LW
UFA - 3
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$4,450,000$4,450,000
C
UFA - 4
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$6,500,000$6,500,000
RW, LW
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UFA - 6
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$3,400,000$3,400,000
RW, LW
UFA - 4
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$5,500,000$5,500,000
LW, RW
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UFA - 2
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$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 6
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$1,150,000$1,150,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$750,000$750,000
C
UFA - 1
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$950,000$950,000
LW, RW, C
UFA - 1
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$875,000$875,000
LD/RD
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UFA - 3
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$2,343,750$2,343,750
RD
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 4
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$10,500,000$10,500,000
G
NMC
UFA - 5
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$894,167$894,167 (Performance Bonus$637,500$638K)
LD
RFA - 1
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$3,500,000$3,500,000
RD
UFA - 4
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$2,875,000$2,875,000
G
UFA - 2
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$1,750,000$1,750,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$5,500,000$5,500,000
RD
UFA - 1
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$750,000$750,000
RD
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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$737,500$737,500
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$7,857,143$7,857,143
RD
UFA - 5
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$950,000$950,000
C, LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$3,400,000$3,400,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2

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Sep. 13, 2021 at 11:30 a.m.
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As long as its OK with your salary Kap, I'd say its generally fair, brother.
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Sep. 13, 2021 at 11:32 a.m.
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I know little about Fairbrother
And less about Kapanen (Sami's kid, right?)

But I would think it would be one or the other in this package.

(Maybe the other goes to third team to retain an extra 25% of Subban contract)
Sep. 13, 2021 at 12:01 p.m.
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... We're a "Team"..
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As long as its OK with your salary Kap, I'd say its generally fair, brother.


As long as it's... Ku(Cool)lak, one might say?
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Sep. 13, 2021 at 12:04 p.m.
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Good until Byron comes off LTIR and then what?
Sep. 13, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.
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Go Habs Go
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Without even considering the other factors, I don't see Bergevin bringing him back. Too "flashy" for his taste.

It would be somewhat ironic to replace Weber with Subban after all this time. Regardless, we chose our top 4 Weber replacement in Savard.
Now we need to replace Chiarot with the quality puck mover we never managed to give Weber.
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