the big short

Created by: MTLaveragefan

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 22, 2024

Published: Jan. 22, 2024

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

$$$$$

Investment opportunity - trying to predict the incoming crashes and down years.

Sending assets to a team for a 2025 or 2026 first round pick, in the hopes of cashing in latter - a trade derivative for the finance bros out there ;)

(not actually even close to a derivative, put for the sake of this AGM - I don't need a text in the comment explaining why i'm incorrect - I won't read it)

Targets?

- Pittsburg: old men signed to long contracts, no picks and no prospects... but they are trying one last push for a last dance (although, always dangerous to bet against Crosby);

- Washington: The glory days seem to be over and their prospect are 3 years out.

- Dallas is a hard bet - they have some youth coming up and some players in their prime.

ALL NTC OR NMC are waived in that scenario.

Trades

MTL

Carter, Jeff
2026 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

It's a gamble - but that 2026 first round pick has the chance to be top 10. The core will be 38 at that time.

PIT

Matheson, Michael

MTL

Kuznetsov, Evgeny
2024 3rd round pick (WSH)
2025 1st round pick (WSH)

WSH

MTL

2025 3rd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

ANY TEAM looking for some goalie help at TD

COL

Allen, Jake ($1,850,000 retained)

Additional Details:

a 3rd is probably the price.

MTL

2026 1st round pick (DAL)

DAL

Savard, David

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,850,000 (96.1%)

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$62,872,916	$1,170,000	$4,392,500	$20,627,084

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
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1	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

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	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 3
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
		Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jan. 22 at 9:41 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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Joined: Jul. 2017

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Pitt adds something small

Washington is far more likely to give up their 2024 1st if they know they're playoff bound, don't think they risk futures like that

Other two trades are probably about right depending on how the other teams view their cap space

Jan. 22 at 9:45 a.m.

MONSTER1974

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 845

Likes: 181

A first round pick for Savard?

He’s a valuable commodity, but a first? I don’t think so.

By the way, I wouldn’t trade him. You can’t unload ALL the vets. You need to keep some of them around to chaperone the youngsters and support the young captain. Savard would stay unless wowed by an offer.

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Jan. 22 at 9:47 a.m.

MTLaveragefan

I post sometimes

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Quoting: MONSTER1974

I agree- I don't expect nor suggest that they should do all trades - mostly a question of discussing the "shorting" possibility.

There are always vets available on FA.

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Jan. 22 at 9:47 a.m.

brgh4life

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 2,705

Likes: 994

Pens needs are depth scorers and defensive first LD. Carter won't waive and this isn't a good price or fit for them.

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Jan. 22 at 9:47 a.m.

MTLaveragefan

I post sometimes

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Edited Jan. 22 at 9:53 a.m.

Quoting: Subbanator7667

I wouldn't mind WSH's 2024 first round pick.

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