Absolute best case scenario for tanking next season

Created by: benkel

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 21, 2022

Published: Apr. 21, 2022

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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Pitlick, Rem	2	$1,750,000
Romanov, Alexander	2	$1,500,000
Primeau, Cayden	1	$874,125
Clague, Kale	1	$799,312
Pezzetta, Michael	1	$787,500
Montembeault, Samuel	1	$787,500
Schueneman, Corey	1	$787,500

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Pitlick, Tyler		1	$750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Wright, Shane		3	$925,000
Luneau, Tristan		3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

2024 1st round pick (TBL)
2024 2nd round pick (CHI)

CHI

Dvorak, Christian

Additional Details:

Montreal receives the lowest of Chicago's two 1st round picks for 2024.

However, if the lowest of Chicago's two 1st round picks is in the Top 10, Montreal receives Chicago's 2025 2nd round pick instead.

MTL

2023 4th round pick (LAK)
2023 5th round pick (LAK)
2024 2nd round pick (LAK)

LAK

Hoffman, Mike
2023 7th round pick (MTL)

MTL

Khudobin, Anton
2023 2nd round pick (DAL)

DAL

Drouin, Jonathan ($2,750,000 retained)
2023 6th round pick (MTL)

MTL

2023 3rd round pick (EDM)
2023 7th round pick (EDM)

EDM

Allen, Jake ($1,437,500 retained)
2024 7th round pick (EDM)

MTL

Future Considerations

OTT

Byron, Paul ($1,700,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Trade is made only if ...

1. It's right at the 2023 trade deadline

2. Ottawa is missing the playoffs and there's nothing to left to play for towards the end of the season.

3. Montreal agrees to retain 50% of Byron's salary.

Based on the Victor Rask trade between Minnesota and Seattle

MTL

Future Considerations

ARI

Weber, Shea

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Jonathan Drouin: $2,750,000 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,437,500 (50%)
Paul Byron: $1,700,000 (50%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$65,876,394	$1,132,500	$1,565,000	$15,623,606

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Pitlick, Rem $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Wright, Shane $925,000$925,000	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5
Poehling, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1		Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Ylönen, Jesse $880,833$880,833 RW, LW RFA - 1
	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3	Pitlick, Tyler $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 4
Romanov, Alexander $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD RFA - 3	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Khudobin, Anton $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 1
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) RD RFA - 2
Clague, Kale $799,312$799,312 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Norlinder, Mattias $859,167$859,167 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $825,000$825,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Schueneman, Corey $787,500$787,500 LD/RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Caufield, C.		Suzuki, N.		Anderson, J.
	Wright, S.		Petry, J.

Power Play 2
Ylönen, J.		Poehling, R.		Gallagher, B.
	Pitlick, R.		Barron, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Evans, J.	Armia, J.
	Romanov, A.	Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Pitlick, R.	Suzuki, N.
	Edmundson, J.	Petry, J.

Top Comments

Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:02 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Just cause you guys overpaid for Dvorak doesn't mean the hawks are gonna make the same mistake.

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Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:09 p.m.

TampaBayLightning22

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A 1st and 2nd round pick for a guy who has 26 points in Christian Dvorak, Yeah we don't think so.

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Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:11 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

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There's absolutely no way LA is giving you anything of value for Hoffman.

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Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:16 p.m.

benkel

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 250

Likes: 54

Quoting: tkecanuck341

There's absolutely no way LA is giving you anything of value for Hoffman.

Rob Blake gets his advice on how to be a GM from Marc Bergevin.

Apr. 21, 2022 at 8:18 p.m.

benkel

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 250

Likes: 54

Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

A 1st and 2nd round pick for a guy who has 26 points in Christian Dvorak, Yeah we don't think so.

Point production isn't the only reason players get traded for value.

Didn't you just spend two 1st round picks + two former 2nd round picks on Brandon Hagel of all people?

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