Montreal Introspective

Created by: ricochetii

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 4, 2023

Published: Apr. 6, 2023

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

My general thoughts on who we have and their future with the team.
Who should move, who should stay, and who's available for further moves in the right direction.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole	8	$7,750,000
Gurianov, Denis	1	$2,900,000
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël	2	$1,200,000
Pezzetta, Michael	2	$1,000,000
Ylönen, Jesse	2	$1,000,000

Trades

MTL

Not part of the long term plans. Get what you can in trade, use that to get rid of who you can't trade. Buy out/bury the rest.

PHI

Allen, Jake ($1,825,000 retained)
Armia, Joel
Edmundson, Joel ($1,750,000 retained)
Hoffman, Mike ($2,250,000 retained)
Montembeault, Samuel
Pitlick, Rem
Wideman, Chris

MTL

Not being traded under "almost" any circumstances for the foreseeable future.

PHI

MTL

Practically untradeable due to contract greatly exceeding value in dollars and term.
Candidates for a cap dump scenario at a later date, but only once their cap hits begin to impede progress.

PHI

MTL

Available in trade only if the offer exceeds their value to the team.
Anderson is big on the ice and in the locker room.
Matheson has become a key contributor and leader.
Savard is a stabilizing force on a young and inexperienced D-corps.
These players are important for our development and will smooth the transition for our younger players while our core gains experience.

PHI

MTL

Remaining players shown on the roster are in relative order of NHL impact/readiness.
They will be battling for positions beginning next season or in the near future (along with any standouts not mentioned here who may take a leap and steal a spot.)

PHI

MTL

Hart, Carter

Additional Details:

I'm including a Hart trade because acquiring a goaltender should be on our radar unless/until we've found a successor to Montembeault.
I do not personally have confidence in his long term viability as a starter on a contender. I would be happy to be wrong.

PHI

2023 2nd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

We could perhaps include Primeau and/or an additional pick, but I'm not trading any of our current 1sts for a goaltender.

ALTERNATIVE: We use our 2nd to draft a goaltender (Hrabal)

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Mike Hoffman: $2,250,000 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,825,000 (94.81%)
Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (200%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
19	$83,500,000	$35,004,833	$1,170,000	$835,000	$48,495,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,200,000$1,200,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Ylönen, Jesse $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Gurianov, Denis $2,900,000$2,900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Farrell, Sean $897,500$897,500 ($557,500$558K) RW, LW RFA - 2	Beck, Owen $885,000$885,000 ($80,000$80K) C RFA - 3	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3
Heineman, Emil $897,500$897,500 LW, RW RFA - 2	Kidney, Riley $836,667$836,667 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 3	Mesar, Filip $918,333$918,333 RW, C RFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	Hart, Carter $3,979,000$3,979,000 G RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1		Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2		Dobes, Jakub $925,000$925,000 G RFA - 2

Top Comments

Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:32 p.m.

Campabee

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I think HuGo sees Monty as part of the future of the team whether they believe he is the starter in 2 years or a 1a/1b option.

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Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:48 p.m.

ricochetii

Go Habs Go

Joined: Mar. 2017

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Quoting: Campabee

I think HuGo sees Monty as part of the future of the team whether they believe he is the starter in 2 years or a 1a/1b option.

I wouldn't mind him as a backup, but we do have to decide on Primeau and whether we are going to give him a chance here or let him go elsewhere.
I'm okay giving Montembeault another year with Primeau as backup if we can move Allen, but imo it's a waste to run with the same duo again.
We know Allen isn't here long term regardless and Montembeault is a pending UFA, so it's time to prepare.

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Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:53 p.m.

Campabee

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Quoting: ricochetii

The thing with Monty is the team plays differently with him in net then they do with Allen or Primeau, kind of like they did with Price vs others

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Apr. 6, 2023 at 4:17 p.m.

ricochetii

Go Habs Go

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Most teams do. Goaltenders have to earn trust of their teammates. Primeau hasn't had the chance to do that and Allen has lost it giving up early goals regularly.

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Apr. 7, 2023 at 12:13 a.m.

Roperttos

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Philly isn't trading Hart for a 2nd. They have no reason to trade him if they don't get a good offer.

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