Another 3 way Zegras trade

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 17, 2024

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Sell Monahan, rumoured ask is a 1st round pick or a 2nd + prospect. Try to resign him in the offseason or target another UFA.

Jets trade:
- Pronman has McGroarty 76th in his prospect rankings in the bubble top of the lineup / middle of the lineup tier (48 - 80). Barron is 115th in the middle of the lineup tier (81 - 169), however he seems to be a little low on several defenseman and Barron himself is 16th in scoring for his draft class which isn't far off the 14th overall selection of McGroarty. The jets would still have Barlow (105), Lucius (107), and Lambert (117) for forward prospects and they'd be adding a 2nd pair RHD prospect for playoff depth that likely pushes Schmidt out of the lineup. The Barron bro's would probably be long term jets (plus they get a 2nd round pick to compensate MTL getting the better player in the deal). It's kind of the discount version of Drysdale for Gauthier trade. After Pionk and DeMelo the jets have no RHD and they are both soon to be UFA's so getting a young 2nd pair RHD makes some sense. Added Davidson as a sweetener, Seattle's leading scorer when he and Lambert beat the Winnipeg Ice in the WHL finals last year.

Ducks trade:
- Pronman is still big on Zegras, ranking him 22nd in the bubble all-star / top of the lineup tier (17 - 24). I don't think Verbeek is quite as high on Zegras given the contract dispute (even though Anaheim has tons of cap space). I think he might be uniquely high on McGroarty given his style of play, character, and the fact that Gauthier and him played on the same line together. Habs would have to add still which is why there's another 1st round pick in the deal. Added Ylonen (short term roster replacement for Zegras) and Farrell as a prospect with skill and upside (but his size might prevent him from reaching the NHL in MTL) as sweeteners.

Signed Domingue to a rather righ AHL deal giving them an NHL backup option in Laval for insurance behind Monty and Primeau. Also signed Gaudette to a one way 775k deal to replace lost AHL depth in Davidson and Ferrell and add another C to the organization for injury insurance as Dach, Dvorak, Zegras, and even Newhook are all currently recovering from injuries.

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