Keep Savard trade Matheson

Created by: Blazingbat11

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 31, 2023

Published: Dec. 31, 2023

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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Savard serves a better purpose for the Habs young dman than Matheson. And you can get better value for Matheson in a trade. Habs also have so much depth at LD that they can afford to lose Matheson.

And I’m a Hutson believer, as soon as Hutson arrives, just give him the keys to the PP. They can shelter him at 5v5 to start by playing Guhle, Struble, and even Xhekaj ahead of him. But the PP is Hutson’s, full stop.

Trades

MTL

Any team. Who’s interested? Value imo should be around a 1st + 2nd or prospect equivalent.

ANA

Matheson, Michael

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

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

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$73,132,083	$1,170,000	$4,267,500	$10,367,917

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	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1	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
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Stephens, Mitchell $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
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	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lindström, Gustav $950,000$950,000 RD RFA - 1	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2	Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1
	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4
	Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 3:48 p.m.

SevenLeg

Hop on the Slaftrain

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While Matheson is a stud and I’t’d hurt to trade him, I agree with your proposed value. I think a team like Dallas is a nice fit.

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:18 p.m.

Chuck54

ChuckHabs54

Joined: Jun. 2023

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I'm agree to trade mathesson at high value

If someone need a good D and ready to pay for lets do it

If habs dont have the right price they can wait too

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:28 p.m.

Blazingbat11

Molson beer is meh

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Quoting: SevenLeg

While Matheson is a stud and I’t’d hurt to trade him, I agree with your proposed value. I think a team like Dallas is a nice fit.

The hurt would be short lived imo. Plenty of guys can take Matheson’s spot (Guhle, Harris, Xhekaj) until Hutson arrives. Doubt he gets moved before the trade deadline, would most likely happen in the offseason.

But the main point is Savard, even next year, serves a better purpose to insulate the young dmen. Would rather keep him as the veteran presence. And with the logjam at LD, Matheson makes the most sense of all guys the Habs could realistically move that has solid value. Don’t see Guhle, Struble, or Xhekaj being available. And Harris probably isn’t worth that much.

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:28 p.m.

Jay27

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A month ago I would of said hell no…but with the emergence of Struble this may not be the worst idea.

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Dec. 31, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.

Jay27

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Then again do we really trade a veteran newly appointed alternate captain 2 years in a row?

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