ZEGRAS TRADE AT 6TH OVERALL PICK OF THE DRAFT PLUS OFFSEASON KNIGHT TRADE

Created by: nilees24

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 8, 2024

Published: Mar. 9, 2024

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

Description

**ANAHEIM EMERGES WITH 2 TOP-6 PICKS IN THE 2024 NHL DRAFT.

2024 Off-Season Free Agent Departures:
Tanner Pearson (UFA)
Mattias Norlinder (RFA)
Filip Cederqvist (RFA)
Nathan Légaré (RFA)
Colin White (UFA)
Mitchell Stephens (UFA)
Philippe Maillet (UFA)
Brady Keeper (UFA)
Chris Wideman (UFA)

2024 NHL Draft - Trade 27th overall pick in 2024 NHL Draft (from WPG) plus 2025 1st Round pick (from CGY) to trade up to the 13th overall pick in 2024 NHL Draft (to SEA) to acquire Tij Iginla (C).
2024 NHL Draft - 64th overall pick (from COL) acquire Alexis Bernier (RD).

Trade candidates at 2025 Trade Deadline should Canadiens struggle during 2024/25 Season:
Christian Dvorak (UFA) - final year of contract (50% salary retention candidate)
Joel Armia (UFA) - final year of contract (50% salary retention candidate)
David Savard (UFA) - final year of contract (50% salary retention candidate)
Jake Evans (UFA) - final year of contract

2025 Off-Season Reserve List signings (x6):
Oliver Kapanen (C)
Rhett Pitlick (LW)
Florian Xhekaj (LW)
Quentin Miller (G)
Player drafted from 2025 2nd round pick (from MTL)
Player drafted from 2025 2nd round pick (from PIT)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Tuch, Luke	3	$883,333
Guindon, Cedrick	3	$855,000
Engström, Adam	3	$855,000
Davidson, Jared	2	$825,000
Biondi, Blake	2	$825,000
Nurmi, Petteri	2	$825,000
Tourigny, Miguël	2	$825,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber	5	$2,250,000
Barron, Justin	1	$850,000
Andersson, Lias	2	$775,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lucchini, Jacob		1	$775,000
Simek, Radim		1	$775,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Iginla, Tij		3	$918,333
Bernier, Alexis		3	$885,000

Trades

MTL

Zegras, Trevor

ANA

Harris, Jordan
Ylönen, Jesse [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (MTL)
2025 1st round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

*Off-Season trade on the 2024 Draft floor. 2024 1st round pick (from MTL) could be a top-6 pick (1.06 for this scenario).

MTL

2024 1st round pick (SEA)

SEA

2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2025 1st round pick (CGY)

Additional Details:

*Off-Season trade on the 2024 Draft floor. Trade 27th overall pick in 2024 NHL Draft (from WPG) plus 2025 1st Round pick (from CGY) to trade up to the 13th overall pick in 2024 NHL Draft (to SEA) to acquire Tij Iginla (C).

MTL

Knight, Spencer

FLA

Smith, Jack [Reserve List]
Sobolev, Daniil [Reserve List]
2025 3rd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

*Off-Season trade after 2024 NHL Draft.

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,925,000 (50%)

Buried

Spencer Knight: $3,350,000 ($4,500,000)

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	$87,500,000	$79,638,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$7,861,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 6	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 1
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Zegras, Trevor $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1		Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD RFA	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1
	Barron, Justin $850,000$850,000 RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2

Top Comments

Mar. 9 at 8:57 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

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Jordan Harris = Tin Ears, or Obstinacy in the Face of Reality

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Mar. 9 at 9:00 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Anaheim should leap at that

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Mar. 9 at 9:15 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

Anaheim should leap at that

Of course they should, and Montreal shouldn't make it. My point is that it isn't hard to construct a trade that meets both teams' parameters and is fair to both, too.

Mar. 9 at 9:15 p.m.

Jded

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Edited Mar. 9 at 10:35 p.m.

Zero interest in Harris or Yllonen. 6th OA + ‘25 1st has to be enough value. That said, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Verbeek doesn’t want to trade Zegras, and this trade isn’t a good move for MTL. I just don’t see Z going anywhere

Mar. 9 at 9:21 p.m.

nilees24

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Quoting: Jded

Zero interest in Harris or Yllonen. 6th OA + ‘25 1st has to be enough value. That said, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Verbeek doesn’t want to trade Fowler, and this trade isn’t a good move for MTL. I just don’t see Z going anywhere

It's an overpayment for Zegras and Anaheim ends up with 2 top-6 picks in this draft. Very reasonable

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