what couldve been

Created by: Matt1567

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 29, 2024

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

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

Notes
- Went back to the start of the Bergevin tenure (2012 offseason)
- Tried to keep the redrafting reasonable, only choosing guys picked in the next 5 spots, with the exception of Forsberg in 2012, I remember he surprisingly fell to 11 that year, when he was projected as high as 3rd
- Didn't redraft outside of the 1st round, otherwise I'd be making this for years

This team wins a cup if they can pull a Vegas/Tampa and manipulate LTIR

Trades

MTL

Forsberg, Filip

Additional Details:

2012 Draft, 3rd Overall

Originally took Alex Galchenyuk, who was traded for Max Domi, who was traded with a 3rd for Josh Anderson

NSH

MTL

Knazko, Samuel

Additional Details:

The player selected with the 3rd rounder Montreal traded with Max Domi for Josh Anderson

CBJ

Anderson, Josh

MTL

Theodore, Shea

Additional Details:

2013 Draft, 25th overall

Originally selected Mike McCarron, who was traded for Laurent Dauphin, who left Montreal as a free agent

VGK

MTL

Siegenthaler, Jonas

Additional Details:

Was drafted with Montreal's 2015 2nd, which had been traded to Edmonton as part of the package for Jeff Petry. Wouldn't undo the trade in hindsight because of how good Petry was for us, but since the cups finals loss I'd take Siegenthaler > Petry

NJD

MTL

Jones, Caleb

Additional Details:

The player selected with the other pick Montreal traded for Petry

COL

MTL

PIT

Konyushkov, Bogdan [Reserve List]
Légaré, Nathan
Matheson, Michael
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Never ends up in Montreal without the Petry trade

MTL

VAN

Pearson, Tanner
2025 3rd round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

Not a hab without the Petry trade

MTL

Hoffman, Mike

Additional Details:

Still in Montreal without the Petry trade

SJS

MTL

Pitlick, Rem

Additional Details:

Still in Montreal without the Petry trade

CHI

10.

MTL

DeBrincat, Alex

Additional Details:

Was selected with one of the picks Montreal traded for Andrew Shaw

DET

11.

MTL

CHI

Mysak, Jan
Rohrer, Vinzenz [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Wouldn't be in Montreal without the Andrew Shaw trade

12.

MTL

Peterson, Dylan [Reserve List]

STL

Allen, Jake
Tourigny, Miguël [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Wouldn't have happened without the Andrew Shaw trade

13.

MTL

Kempe, Adrian

Additional Details:

2014 Draft, 26th Overall

Originally selected Nikita Scherbak, who was waived in 2018

LAK

14.

MTL

Sergachev, Mikhail

Additional Details:

2016 Draft, 9th overall

Was the original pick, but not traded for Drouin in this universe

TBL

15.

MTL

Guttman, Cole

Additional Details:

Was drafted with the pick Montreal traded to Tampa for Nikita Nesterov

CHI

16.

MTL

Poehling, Ryan

Additional Details:

Was traded with Petry to Pittsburgh, didn't happen in this universe

PHI

17.

MTL

Oettinger, Jake

Additional Details:

2017 Draft, 25th Overall

Originally selected Ryan Poehling

DAL

Poehling, Ryan

18.

MTL

WPG

Armia, Joel

Additional Details:

Keep him in Winnipeg, was a sweetener in a cap dump but not needed now

19.

MTL

Tkachuk, Brady

Additional Details:

2018 Draft, 3rd Overall

Originally Selected Jesperi Kotkaniemi, who was offersheeted by Carolina

OTT

20.

MTL

OTT

Dvorak, Christian

Additional Details:

Wouldn't be in Montreal without the Kotkaniemi offersheet

21.

MTL

WSH

2024 3rd round pick (MIN)
2024 7th round pick (WSH)

Additional Details:

Probably don't trade for Edmundson, therefore we don't trade him away either

22.

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Was traded for Dvorak who's not a hab in this universe

WPG

23.

MTL

MIN

Pitlick, Rem

Additional Details:

no room for him, don't claim off waivers

24.

MTL

WPG

Kovacevic, Johnathan

Additional Details:

no room for him, don't claim off waivers

25.

MTL

STL

Hoffman, Mike

Additional Details:

in hindsight we don't sign him

26.

MTL

CGY

Monahan, Sean
2025 1st round pick (CGY)

Additional Details:

good trade but this team couldn't afford a cap dump

27.

MTL

PHI

Primeau, Cayden

Additional Details:

traded/waived, no need for him with Oettinger and Montembault

28.

MTL

SJS

Gallagher, Brendan

Additional Details:

in hindsight you don't re-sign him

29.

MTL

Danault, Phillip

Additional Details:

Give him an extension instead of Gally

LAK

30.

MTL

Fairbrother, Gianni
Gulyayev, Mikhail [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Don't need newhook, don't do the trade

COL

Newhook, Alex

31.

MTL

Gauthier, Ethan

Additional Details:

part of the newhook trade

TBL

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$95,661,963	$1,170,000	$3,977,500	-$12,161,963

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Forsberg, Filip $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	DeBrincat, Alex $7,875,000$7,875,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 5	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3	Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
Kempe, Adrian $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Theodore, Shea $5,200,000$5,200,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Sergachev, Mikhail $8,500,000$8,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Oettinger, Jake $4,000,000$4,000,000 G RFA - 2
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD UFA - 5	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1		Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2

Top Comments

Jan. 29 at 3:03 p.m.

Xqb15a

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 11,530

Likes: 9,156

Did you do this from memory and NikitaNestrtov?

Jan. 29 at 6:09 p.m.

Matt1567

Joined: Jan. 2018

Posts: 566

Likes: 242

Quoting: Xqb15a

Did you do this from memory and NikitaNestrtov?

no, i spent an hour going over every trade we made and our 1st rounders

Nikita Nesterov is a russian defenseman who's been out of the league for a few years, nothing special

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Description

Trades

MTL

NSH

MTL

CBJ

MTL

VGK

MTL

NJD

MTL

COL

MTL

PIT

MTL

VAN

MTL

SJS

MTL

CHI

MTL

DET

MTL

CHI

MTL

STL

MTL

LAK

MTL

TBL

MTL

CHI

MTL

PHI

MTL

DAL

MTL

WPG

MTL

OTT

MTL

OTT

MTL

WSH

MTL

WPG

MTL

MIN

MTL

WPG

MTL

STL

MTL

CGY

MTL

PHI

MTL

SJS

MTL

LAK

MTL

COL

MTL

TBL

Buyouts

Retained Salary Transactions