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Created by: Matt1567

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 19, 2024

Published: Mar. 19, 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

This team has room for some younger players but doesn't force anyone to make the jump if they're not ready, while still improving the team on paper. Sign a goalie for Laval and have them dominate with guys like Hutson, Reinbacher, Mailloux, Heineman, Tuch, Kidney, Beck, Mesar, etc.

Sell off guys like Evans, Armia, Dvorak and Savard at the deadline if we're out of the playoff hunt, but add if the team plays well, reward the team for being competitive

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tuch, Luke		3	$900,000
Hutson, Lane		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber		2	$2,000,000
Barron, Justin		2	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Sprong, Daniel		3	$4,500,000
Pesce, Brett		6	$7,000,000

Trades

MTL

2024 4th round pick (TOR)

TOR

Kovacevic, Johnathan

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (FLA)

ARI

Harris, Jordan
2024 4th round pick (TOR)

MTL

Rakell, Rickard

PIT

Anderson, Josh

Additional Details:

Try to move him for a similar contract if nobody is interested in taking him without added value

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,925,000 (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
23	$87,700,000	$81,172,083	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$6,527,917

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
Sprong, Daniel $4,500,000$4,500,000 RW, LW UFA	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
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	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1		Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Pesce, Brett $7,000,000$7,000,000 RD UFA	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Xhekaj, Arber $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD RFA
	Barron, Justin $1,500,000$1,500,000 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. 19 at 3:41 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 60,054

Likes: 22,987

Six years of Pesce seem too long
Tuch, believe he can be a college UFA in August. I'm doubting he becomes a Hab.

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Mar. 19 at 4:00 p.m.

bwhsocal

Joined: Jun. 2023

Posts: 2,844

Likes: 834

AZ passes - if they want a bottom pair guy can get one UFA without giving a 2nd

Mar. 19 at 4:23 p.m.

Matt1567

Joined: Jan. 2018

Posts: 566

Likes: 242

Quoting: palhal

Six years of Pesce seem too long
Tuch, believe he can be a college UFA in August. I'm doubting he becomes a Hab.

The last year or two could be a problem, but I doubt pese signs for less than that unless someone gives him 10+ a year, which would be worse imo. He's really good, some of the best advanced stats out there. I doubt he loses that ability all of a sudden.

Tuch might not sign, if he won't than Montreal should look to get something for his rights but of you can't, oh well, odds are he wouldn't have been around when the team is competitive again anyways. Not tryna diss Tuch, just saying he's not expected to be a top 6 forward so if he doesn't want to be here let him go

Mar. 19 at 4:24 p.m.

Matt1567

Joined: Jan. 2018

Posts: 566

Likes: 242

Quoting: bwhsocal

AZ passes - if they want a bottom pair guy can get one UFA without giving a 2nd

Doesn't have to be Arizona, but Harris is young enough and the Coyotes have been good at developing defensemen, I think he'd work out well there but I get not wanting to move down that far in the draft to get him

Mar. 19 at 5:17 p.m.

TMLBRIAN

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 9,580

Likes: 4,196

Leafs gladly accept that.

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