Mid and Post Draft Reborn Juggernaut

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 30, 2022

Published: Apr. 6, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Montreal was the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention in 2022 yaaaaayyyy now let the fast track rebuild commence LOL. Here's my, what everyone here would call, NHL22 level of trolling in thinking of off-season scenarios. I don't care lets goo!!!! 😂 so on a serious note addressing the elephant in the room, I would expect to see Carey Price dressed for opening night. its gonna be well over a year since he last played and recovered from his physical injuries, and it seems he's gotten the help he's needed with his personal life and possible mental health issues in that time as well which is amazing to hear and warms my heart truly. Now lets really get into it:

what it seems they need from an outside perspective is at least 1 defenceman and 1 forward to be able to kickstart the two groups. lets not forget I mean for the most part this is still the same team that came back from being down 3 games to 1 against the Leafs and went all the way to the cup final vs Tampa just a year ago, so what I think they could really benefit from is having some really talented veteran presence. How to acquire them? well first, they need cap, meaning dump the decent player but bad contract type of guys. Petry and Edmundson are the first to come to mind, and they were both in discussions at the deadline already, particularly Petry. And Petry will especially be difficult to trade since his NTC covers 15 teams, but, and even though Detroit has right side talent for their top 4 already, a retained Petry might work well for them as a 6th or 7th option, and there's always the chance to introduce a 3rd team to retain another 25% of his salary. the return for them has to strictly be picks and for their talent and cap hit I can see no earlier than 3rd/4th rounders.

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