Laval players who deserve a shot with the Habs

Created by: jonh514

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 7, 2024

Published: Feb. 7, 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

I've been enjoying watching the resurgence of the Laval Rocket this season and recognize that they need to hold onto their players because they are in a dogfight to make the playoffs.

That being said: there are a few vets in this Habs team who I feel can use a "conditioning stint" in Laval while we give some Rocket players a cup of coffee for 2 weeks.

Sean Farrell: Has tons of poise with the puck and makes great decisions, especially on the PP. I would love to see him get a few games, especially in place of Pearson who I just dislike as a player. I know they are trying to increase his trade value, but it's super transparent and nobody wants him or cares.

Josh Roy: I would love to see him playing with Gignac and Anderson in place of Armia. They have chemistry together and he can snipe the puck with Anderson in front of the net. Send Armia to Laval for the rest of the season and maybe he can help them win the Calder. He always plays for like 3 games after being called back up and loses his motivation. If he wants to slack, let him slack in Laval.

Lias Andersson: If it was not for the desire for Laval to make the playoffs, Andersson would be up in Condota's place. This guy deserves and NHL shot after all his hardships making it to the show.

Will Trudeau: This kid would not be out of line to request a trade. Constantly overlooked and outperforming expectations. If they plan to play Xhekaj 12 minutes in Montreal, send him down and play him 25 minutes in Laval with Barron or Mailloux. Trudeau would be perfect playing 10-12 minutes a night for the Habs, especially now that we've unofficially given up on the season.

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Buried

Joel Armia: $2,250,000 ($3,400,000)
Tanner Pearson: $2,100,000 ($3,250,000)

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	$75,211,250	$1,170,000	$4,650,000	$8,288,750

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
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Gignac, Brandon $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 2	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Farrell, Sean $897,500$897,500 ($557,500$558K) RW, LW RFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Andersson, Lias $775,000$775,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
		Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Trudeau, William $856,667$856,667 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 7 at 9:58 a.m.

KentMcNally

Fall River Habs

Joined: Aug. 2021

Posts: 895

Likes: 338

I agree with your approach. Let the younger players get a few games more experience in the NHL and send down guys like Armia and Pearson (who are not likely to increase their trade value (3rd to 5th round draft picks, which will likely never make it to the NHL anyway). There might be some value in trying to keep Armia up and increase his value so that he can be traded (just so that we are out from under his contract for next year), but even if it does not happen, what's the big risk??

Maybe even send Josh Anderson down for just a few games as a wake up call/opportunity to rediscover his goal scoring confidence???

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Feb. 7 at 10:16 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: KentMcNally

I think Kent Hughes will be at risk of getting the wrong kind of reputation if he did that with too many guys.

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