Matheson for Durzi and Peterson

Created by: Billy739

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 28, 2023

Published: Feb. 28, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

Description

Any trade i made im not married to and am open to finding fair middle ground.
Just trying to fix our Powerplay here

Re-uniting Farrel-Laffarriere at the NHL level after 2 years in Harvard as 2/3rds of their top line.With all the injuries to our top stars this gives them the rest of the year to show what they got.

I believe making these moves coupled with a high draft pick this year will make MTL a real threat.
While yes burning off 1 year of the NCAA prospects ELC is round Hughes already did it with Harris.
He used that time to help establish himself and set himself up for a solid rookie season and mid season contract extension.
While there is a downside the potential Upside is much higher and its worth any percieved risk.

We want to become like TBL this is how we overachieve and do that.
While these changes look big they arent likely to generate any wins with that Dcore until Ghule and Xhekaj are both healthy and same goes for offense with Dach and Caufield.
They do have the potential to help MTL get into more high scoring games increasing Veterans values

If we run into a log jam we got ELC's and Waiver Exemptions for a reason.
If we have someone overachieve and get lucky we'll do what TBL did with Drouin.
It also gives us the Security to Choose Michkov who head to head with Bedard who's only 6 months younger , he destroyed him offensively doubling up on him.
He's signed to the KHL until 2025-26 i think and with this kind Depth we could afford to wait to sign his ELC until then when he's a KHL Veteran at 21-22 years old

Tons of reasons to do it and Hutson overperforming allows us the chance.
Plus next year we'll look strong especially if we land PLD at the Draft using FLA pick like i think we can before we OS them as over 8.4m x1 things stop being worth matching him vs that reward.(i mean if we went for term they might but not a 1 year that leads him to Free Agency)

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach
Farrel-PLD-Lafferriere
Slafkovsky-Dvorak-Anderson
Hoffman-Evans-Gally
Armia

Ghule-Durzi
Harris-Barron
Xhekaj-Savard
Kovacevic (Trade Eddy after the season maybe at the draft )

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Farrell, Sean	3	$950,000
Laferriere, Alex	3	$950,000
Struble, Jayden	2	$950,000
Nissen Dichow, Frederik	2	$850,000

Trades

MTL

Durzi, Sean
Laferriere, Alex [Reserve List]
Petersen, Cal
2023 2nd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

-LAK top 4 D ,Cap Dump and NCAA Rights.
-Swap 2023 2nd and 3rd round picks (Late 2nd for an early 3rd )

LAK get someone to play with Roy for now and likely Clarke or Spence long term. This gives LAK depth on both LD and RD right down to the AHL's top 4 pairings that's all NHL worthy on atleast half the NHL's rosters. Their Goaltending will be the most supported since the league took Voynov away for Watson/Varlamov level offenses.

Trudeau's pretty good assurance as he was called up mid season from the QMJHL on a loan when Ghule went down triggering call ups that got him to the AHL. He took top pair LD and hasnt let go since as one of the main reasons Lavals in a playoff picture with MTL stealing all its top guys making them ineligible for the playoffs but i digress

Small victory is LAK also clear about 700k cap too but MTL can add Paul Byron to give you cap relief bumping that up to 4m for this years TDL. But after this trade your teams only real weakness is gone and Petersons contract off next years books helps keep things interesting

LAK

Matheson, Michael
Trudeau, William
2023 3rd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

-NHL and AHL Top Pair Defense

-LAK get LD depth to fill their systems needs for years.

-MTL gets Suzuki's Best Friend and someone he has longterm history with dominating Powerplay's . Both have stood alone since turning pro and both have succeeded one their Powerplay units. The hope is together with Caufield, Dach and Ghule they become one of the most Lethal PP Units since Koivu, Kovalev and Souray lead us to the top of the NHL in Power Play Points.

Power Play has been dead in MTL for a LONGGGGGG Time. This is our best chance to awaken the Giant

MTL

2025 4th round pick (WPG)

Additional Details:

Conditional 4th: (Doesnt Covert if Drouins on IR)
-Doesnt convert unless WPG wins 1 round with Drouin playing 50% or more of the games that series.

-3rd round pick if WPG makes WCF with Drouin playing 50%

-2nd round pick if WPG makes SCF with Drouin playing 50%

-1st if WPG wins the Stanley Cup with Drouin playing 50%

WPG

Drouin, Jonathan ($2,750,000 retained)

Additional Details:

MTL gets nothing unless Drouin plays.
Only gets Value if he plays well
But if he's as bad as you all seem to think
WPG will pay nothing and recieve depth

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Evgeni Dadonov: $2,500,000 (50%)
Jonathan Drouin: $2,750,000 (50%)

Buried

Cal Petersen: $3,875,000 ($5,000,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$74,994,166	$1,132,500	$4,640,000	$7,505,834

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $825,000$825,000 LW, RW RFA - 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
Farrell, Sean $950,000$950,000 RW, LW RFA - 3	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 3	Laferriere, Alex $950,000$950,000 RW RFA - 3
Hoffman, Mike $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 2	Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Gurianov, Denis $2,900,000$2,900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Ylönen, Jesse $880,833$880,833 RW, LW RFA - 1	Tierney, Chris $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Pezzetta, Michael $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Belzile, Alex $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Harris, Jordan $842,500$842,500 ($507,500$508K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Durzi, Sean $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 3	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $950,000$950,000 LD RFA	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) RD RFA - 2
	Schueneman, Corey $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 4
	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 4	Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5	Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 2
	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 3
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Harvey-Pinard, R.		Suzuki, N.		Anderson, J.
	Harris, J.		Durzi, S.

Power Play 2
Hoffman, M.		Farrell, S.		Laferriere, A.
	Struble, J.		Barron, J.

Top Comments

Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:50 a.m.

jonh514

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I feel like we're making trades here just for the sake of making trades.

1) Calgary doesn't need LHD
2) Play at Harvard is not indicative of play in the NHL and there is no way this team pairs 3 rookies from Harvard on their 2nd line next year
3) Hutson is a high risk prospect, but he's our best chance at a player with a ceiling who can be a #1 Defenseman and we should not risk that for another winger
4) There may be something to Matheson for Durzi, but there is no rush. This can be done at any point and other options may appear in the offseason.

Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:09 a.m.

McSorley

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Literally every team declines.

Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:20 a.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Hutson dropped in the draft for a reason. While the skill is obviously there the size is a huge concern. Sure there are some great examples of small players with tons of potential flourishing but there is many more of them falling short (not pun intended). Size is also a much more prominent thing on defense, take Sam Girard for example, he's 5'10 and 170 lbs. Sure he's a decent player but he still gets pushed off the puck super easily. No way would I consider trading my #1 prospect for him even if LD was a position of need.

FYI Hutson is between 5'8 and 5'9 not 5'10

Feb. 28, 2023 at 7:19 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

He was 5'8 when drafted and now he's 5'10 according to numerous sources.

Feb. 28, 2023 at 7:20 a.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: jonh514

He was 5'8 when drafted and now he's 5'10 according to numerous sources.

Sites have been well known to put false heights for hockey players for years, I highly doubt he grew 2 inches and gained next to zero weight in a year

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