Best case scenario

Created by: math731

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 10, 2024

Published: Mar. 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

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hutson, Lane		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Byfield, Quinton		2	$8,580,000
Xhekaj, Arber		6	$2,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$950,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Byfield, Quinton	$8,580,000	2025 1st round pick 2025 2nd round pick 2025 3rd round pick

Trades

MTL

10th OA (MTL picks Catton)

PIT

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
Mesar, Filip
2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)

MTL

Campbell, Jack
2025 1st round pick (EDM)
2026 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Anderson, Josh
Savard, David ($1,750,000 retained)

MTL

ANA

Additional Details:

Traded for late picks

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Buried

Jack Campbell: $3,850,000 ($5,000,000)

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
24	$87,000,000	$71,923,750	$1,022,500	$4,497,500	$15,076,250

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	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
Byfield, Quinton $8,580,000$8,580,000 LW, C RFA	Celebrini, Macklin $950,000$950,000	Farrell, Sean $897,500$897,500 ($500,000$500K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Heineman, Emil $897,500$897,500 LW, RW RFA - 1	Beck, Owen $885,000$885,000 ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC 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
Hutson, Lane $950,000$950,000 LD RFA - 2	Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD RFA	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 RD RFA - 2
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1

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

Top Comments

Mar. 10 at 3:19 p.m.

Voice_Of_Thruth

Tony Ferguson Fan

Joined: Feb. 2024

Posts: 56

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Catton probably not available at 10 OA

Anderson to any team is likely a dealbreaker aas no one wants him

Mar. 10 at 3:21 p.m.

math731

Zuke is the goat

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Quoting: Voice_Of_Thruth

Catton probably not available at 10 OA

Anderson to any team is likely a dealbreaker aas no one wants him

Thing is Campbells negative value is even greater. Anderson at least still looks good and could still score 20+ with McD. Campbell is just 5m that you remove from your cap as soon as you acquire him.

Mar. 10 at 3:22 p.m.

math731

Zuke is the goat

Joined: May 2017

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Quoting: Voice_Of_Thruth

Catton probably not available at 10 OA

Anderson to any team is likely a dealbreaker aas no one wants him

Catton definitely could be available there. Or Iginla.

There are 6 very good Ds that are all going top 10, that leaves 4 spots for F in the top 10 (Celebrini, Lindstrom and Demidov are locks which leaves the last spot to one of Catton, Iginla or Eiserman)

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Mar. 10 at 3:41 p.m.

Chuck54

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Quoting: math731

You are right !
With a 10 OA they should pick iginla

Mar. 10 at 3:41 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,656

Likes: 25,493

Quoting: math731

Thing is Campbells negative value is even greater.

Not true. Campbell's buyout this summer is a total of $10.5 million over 6 seasons:
2024-2025 = $1.1 million
2025-2026 = $2.3 million
2026-2027 = $2.6 million
2027-2028 = $1.5 million
2028-2029 = $1.5 million
2029-2030 = $1.5 million

In contrast, Anderson costs $16.5 million against the cap if he plays for 3 seasons, or $11,333,333 if he's bought out this July, or $13,666,668 if he plays next season and then is bought out in 2025.

Why should Edmonton pay two first-round draft picks to take on a greater burden? Campbell alone for Anderson and Savard would be a favorable deal for Montreal, because Anderson isn't going to add substantially to Edmonton's offense playing on their third line.

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