One More Year in Suckville

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 22, 2023

Published: Jun. 22, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Habs clean house and go deep in the 2023 draft, with an eye to being in the lottery again in 2024 (and maybe 2025).

Rationale behind trades:

1) Pittsburgh has narrow window to cash in on Crosby and Malkin. Dvorak offers a solid two-way middle-6 forward at just over $2M and Harris solidifies an aging D corps and helps with future rebuild.

2) Seattle gets Anderson, a strong, fast, hard-hitting RW for four years at $4M. Helps them battle Vegas, Kings and other bruisers in the West.

3) Anaheim trades down from #2 to #5, but gets #14 and Mesar, last year's #26 pick and Montreal's top prospect as well.

Drouin, who finished the season well at centre, gets another look. If all goes well, he, Gurianov and/or Monahan can be moved at the trade deadline.

Habs draft:
2 -- Fantilli (and puts an end to the PLD madness)
20 -- Best of Danielson, But or Honzek
31 -- Seeking fallen angels here, but looking to take a D (Simashev, Bonk, Molledyk) or Hrabel (G)
33 -- Hrabel or BPA
37 -- BPA

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