I might be cooking

Created by: JeffGorton

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 17, 2024

Published: Feb. 17, 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

Devils are paying Meier 8.8m to sit on the 3rd line and score at a 0.5ppg. This trade frees up 6m in cap for 3 years, then 8.8m for an additional 5 years, and gives Mercer and Holtz a chance to move up in the lineup.

Garland is also stuck on the 3rd line getting paid a lot. Canucks save cap, gain a RHD with top 4 upside (with NHL experience) and a decent pick. Gally is a decent 3rd line guy still and hes a Vancouver Giant.

Dallas is pretty much a placeholder for a team, id just want any team acquiring Matheson to give up what a late 1st rounder would be worth

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hutson, Lane		2	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber		1	$1,000,000
Ylönen, Jesse		1	$1,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Roy, Matt		6	$5,500,000

Trades

MTL

Meier, Timo

NJD

Anderson, Josh ($2,750,000 retained)
Harris, Jordan
2024 1st round pick (WPG)

MTL

Garland, Conor

VAN

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
Gallagher, Brendan ($3,250,000 retained)
2025 1st round pick (CGY)

MTL

2024 4th round pick (NYR)

NYR

Evans, Jake

MTL

2025 1st round pick (DAL)

DAL

Matheson, Michael
2025 3rd round pick (VAN)

Buyouts

Jake Allen: $2,316,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Josh Anderson: $2,750,000 (50%)
Brendan Gallagher: $3,250,000 (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
22	$87,500,000	$77,462,917	$1,022,500	$3,920,000	$10,037,083

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 1	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 6	Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Garland, Conor $4,950,000$4,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Ylönen, Jesse $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Hutson, Lane $950,000$950,000 LD RFA - 2	Roy, Matt $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD RFA	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 17 at 11:13 p.m.

Dickie_Dunn

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 1,036

Likes: 269

As a Canucks fan I can say Garland is definitely not wasted on the third line. He has fantastic chemistry with Blueger and Joshua and they are one of the best third lines in the NHL. Its been called by some the "Unbreakable" line because its the only line that the coach is not willing to mess with. Hope that helps.

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Feb. 17 at 11:20 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 60,124

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By retaining 2.75 on Andersson you have in effect made 8.8m Meier a 11.,55 player for three years. Keep 5.5m Anderson and the first rounder.

Feb. 17 at 11:21 p.m.

JeffGorton

Jeff Gorton

Joined: Oct. 2020

Posts: 2,240

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Quoting: Dickie_Dunn

Its a very good line and if the Canucks didnt need the money for help in other positions (Top 6, Top 4 D) and the OEL buyout cap coming, theyd be able to keep it. But 4.9m on a 3rd line winger when theres other areas of need isn't the brightest move

Feb. 17 at 11:22 p.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

Posts: 4,575

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Drugs are bahhd, mmkay

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Feb. 17 at 11:23 p.m.

JeffGorton

Jeff Gorton

Joined: Oct. 2020

Posts: 2,240

Likes: 531

Quoting: palhal

By retaining 2.75 on Andersson you have in effect made 8.8m Meier a 11.,55 player for three years. Keep 5.5m Anderson and the first rounder.

Then that makes Meier a 14.3m for 3 years and they have the Anderson roster spot. Habs arent gonna need that money for 3 years so id rather get rid of it now before he gets worse

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