Finding the finishing move

Created by: mvp13

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 6, 2023

Published: Aug. 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

I think FLA is the perfect trade partner for Petry with retention... with Ekblad and Montour on LTIR, they literally have SEVEN left handed D on the roster right now. Petry will play above his depth chart until they return from injury, where he will drop to the 3rd pair. Even with Ekblad and Montour in the lineup, they are under the cap with a 23 man roster.

Problem is, they really have nothing to give right now. I think with 2 years retention, he could possibly catch their late 1st round pick (that isn't until 2026 since they don't have the earlier 2), or a 2nd round pick + a prospect, but none of their prospects are jumping off the page at me.

An alternate scenario is they get Knight involved in the trade... perhaps Knight and Allen swap? With the recent Bobaissance, they may be looking to run him long term.

I've also thrown Wideman into the trade as optional, if they would want him to play RD until the injuries subside. Hey, he's good on the power play, at least.

Ultimately, while I think they are great trade partners, I'm whiffing on what FLA could offer... what do you think?

inb4nobodyreadsthisandyellsatmeforputtinga1stroundpickwithoutunderstandingthatpetryat75%retentionfortwoyearsiswellworthit

Trades

MTL

2026 1st round pick (FLA)

FLA

Petry, Jeff ($2,343,750 retained)

MTL

FLA

Wideman, Chris

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (100%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$72,365,416	$1,170,000	$4,210,000	$11,134,584

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 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	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($275,000$275K) RD RFA - 1	DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3

Top Comments

Aug. 6, 2023 at 2:24 p.m.

jonh514

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A 1st?! C'mon...

Aug. 6, 2023 at 2:25 p.m.

mvp13

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Quoting: jonh514

A 1st?! C'mon...

I was right in the description... why does nobody read on this site, anyway? Is it really that hard?

Aug. 6, 2023 at 2:27 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

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A first is too much. I could see Denisenko + second but that might be a reach

Aug. 6, 2023 at 2:28 p.m.

mvp13

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Quoting: GuyGuyGuy

A first is too much. I could see Denisenko + second but that might be a reach

I don't think FLA would part with him, they need him on their 3rd line. And MTL is so flush on the wings right now regardless, unless it also included another winger from MTL. I think it'd need to be a currently non NHL prospect, but none of them are jumping off the page there

Aug. 6, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

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Quoting: mvp13

Then Sourdif will do just fine. Or a fourth

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