Most likely offseason for MTL

Created by: Caufield

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: May 12, 2023

Published: May 12, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

1.) Caufield gets RFA bridge, not 8 years

2.) Montreal Drafts Michkov

3.) MTL trade for either Dubois or Laffy, really depends on what position Dach will be set to play

4.) MTL trade cap, doubt they get a crazy amount of value for most of it

5.) MTL resign most of our RFAs

6.) Definitely will be 1 or 2 reserve list signings, possibly Hutson, Tuch, Pitlick

6.) MTL sign 2 NHL UFAs, one to fill a spot in depth, one to bet set in the middle 6/middle pair

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole	3	$5,800,000
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël	2	$2,000,000
Lafrenière, Alexis	4	$3,000,000
Pezzetta, Michael	2	$1,000,000
Ylönen, Jesse	2	$900,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Perry, Corey		1	$1,100,000

Trades

MTL

Michkov, Matvei

ANA

2023 1st round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

MTL drafts Michkov 5th oa

MTL

Petersen, Cal
2023 3rd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

since MTL has the cap, they trade the slightly better, slightly less expensive goalie for an additional draft pick.

LAK

Allen, Jake

MTL

Lafrenière, Alexis [RFA Rights]

NYR

Engström, Adam [Reserve List]
Farrell, Sean
Gurianov, Denis [RFA Rights]
2023 1st round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

I have a strong feeling that MTL will trade for Laffy instead of PLD this offseason

I also personally rather see a Laffy trade over a PLD trade, since PLD might have plateaued, but Laffy still has high potential. For that reason, he may be slightly more expensive, but not by much.

Gurianov is there to give a potential option for NYR as very short term replacement

MTL

2025 3rd round pick (LAK)

LAK

Edmundson, Joel ($1,750,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Roster spot shed from MTL. We really don't have space for Eddy and youngsters that are pretty NHL-ready. He can get a small return as a 3 LD at a place who are contending. He will be very important for any teams when it comes to playoffs

MTL

2023 4th round pick (MIN)

DET

Kovacevic, Johnathan

Additional Details:

Reliable 3rd RD, which is very useful, especially with his contract.

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (200%)

Buried

Cal Petersen: $3,850,000 ($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	$73,884,999	$1,170,000	$4,195,000	$8,615,001

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lafrenière, Alexis $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Caufield, Cole $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Hoffman, Mike $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Perry, Corey $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($275,000$275K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

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May 12, 2023 at 3:42 p.m.

Black61

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Cal peterson isnt slightly better that is a horrendous trade

May 12, 2023 at 3:43 p.m.

buffbry

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Least likely outcome in the Detroit trade, hardcore pass. 2nd???? Joker

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May 12, 2023 at 3:44 p.m.

Caufield

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Quoting: Black61

Cal peterson isnt slightly better that is a horrendous trade

I meant Jake Allen is slightly better than Peterson

May 12, 2023 at 3:44 p.m.

Stadel

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KH needs to nail this pick, drafting someone who wont be around till 2026 at the earliest doesnt help him. he'd almost certainly be fired by then if the rebuild doesnt pan out, thus the importance of 5th overall this year.

May 12, 2023 at 3:44 p.m.

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MTL

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DET

Buyouts

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