Hypothetical

Created by: Matt1567

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 10, 2024

Published: Feb. 10, 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

Does this make the team better now? debatable. Does this make the team better in the future? maybe, but I think KK could've been a good 2C and just needed more time to become something in Montreal

Trades

MTL

Kotkaniemi, Jesperi

Additional Details:

In hindsight, keeping KK wouldn't have been worse than acquiring Dvorak to replace him

The picks Carolina sent to Montreal for KK ended up being Filip Bystedt (27th overall in 2022, sharks prospect) and Adam Engstrom (92nd overall in 2022, habs prospect)

CAR

Engström, Adam [Reserve List]

MTL

the picks traded for him were Carolina's 2022 1st (Filip Bystedt) and Montreal's 2024 2nd (now in Winnipeg)

ARI

Dvorak, Christian

Additional Details:

in 145 games as a hab he's had 24 goals, 44 assists, 68 points, not horrible but my biggest issue with him is his injuries, he's missed 70 games over his 3 seasons here, an average of 23 a season, and he's got almost no shot of being a part of the team when the rebuilds over, while KK on the other hand at least has the *chance* to become a piece of the future in Montreal

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (MTL)

WPG

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
25	$83,500,000	$74,582,916	$1,170,000	$3,977,500	$8,917,084

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	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $4,820,000$4,820,000 C UFA - 7	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, 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	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Gignac, Brandon $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1	Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	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	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
		Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 10 at 10:43 p.m.

Jets12Kozy

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Joined: Mar. 2021

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Why exactly are the jets giving Montreal their 2nd? 🧐

Feb. 10 at 11:10 p.m.

Caniac2000

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 19,680

Likes: 5,059

Thanks again for KK, absolutely love the kid

Feb. 10 at 11:33 p.m.

Canesfan21_

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 3,618

Likes: 3,044

Quoting: Caniac2000

Thanks again for KK, absolutely love the kid

He played less than 7 minutes tonight. Not sure how they expect him to get going offensively barely playing

Feb. 16 at 2:38 p.m.

Matt1567

Joined: Jan. 2018

Posts: 566

Likes: 242

Quoting: Jets12Kozy

Why exactly are the jets giving Montreal their 2nd? 🧐

montreal traded that pick to arizona to get dvorak, in this hypothetical world that didn't happen so montreal would still have the pick

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