If Montreal is still at pick number 5

Created by: KentMcNally

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 24, 2024

Published: Mar. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

They have pick #5 as of today. Who should they pick?
Also, should they try to move up 1 or 2 spots AND if they do, who should they trade to try to move up?
I doubt the #2 team moves down to #5.
Right now, at number 5 I think they should go:
Demidov (but likely gone, unless the “Russia factor” happens)
Lindstrom (likely gone unless there are teams that really want defencemen)
Catton

Trades

MTL

2024 1st round pick (ANA)

ANA

Farrell, Sean
Mesar, Filip
2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2024 1st round pick (MTL)
2025 2nd round pick (MTL)

MTL

2024 1st round pick (CBJ)

CBJ

Montreal 2024 first round pick
Winnipeg first round pick
Jordan Harris
Colorado 2nd round pick

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
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	$83,500,000	$75,810,416	$1,170,000	$4,035,000	$7,689,584

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
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
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
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3	White, Colin $775,000$775,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
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
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
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
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 24 at 8:46 a.m.

GuyGuyGuy

Prime Primeau

Joined: Apr. 2023

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Hughes would take Lindstrom, but I think the pick should be Catton

Mar. 24 at 8:48 a.m.

GeneralLandro

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 15,566

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Verbeek won’t be trading back from where our pick is and should trade up from Edmonton’s pick into the teens

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Mar. 24 at 10:36 a.m.

Kyle_Okposo_Lover

Josh Anderson Sucks

Joined: Feb. 2022

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I wouldnt say Lindstrom is likely to be gone by 5. Levshunov, Demidov and Celebrini are top 3 (SJS or CHI will take Levshunov unless both are top 2). That leaves 8 guys I think could go 4.

Konsta Helenius
Zeev Buium
Cole Eiserman
Sam Dickinson
Berkly Catton
Zayne Parekh
Cayden Lindstrom
Anton Silayev

Some more likely than others and it depends on team, but don't be surprise. Id give Lindstrom a 15% chance of going 4OA rn

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Mar. 24 at 10:41 a.m.

KentMcNally

Fall River Habs

Joined: Aug. 2021

Posts: 886

Likes: 336

Quoting: GuyGuyGuy

Hughes would take Lindstrom, but I think the pick should be Catton

I think Catton would be a very good pick.

I am curious why Lindstrom did not return to playing in the WHL when he was expected to following his injury and surgery. Seems like he has been out quite a bit longer than expected.

Mar. 24 at 11:36 a.m.

Jded

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 2,748

Likes: 1,781

How has nobody commented on what a huge overpayment that’d be to move up a few spots? And I’m an ANA fan.

I imagine it’d be tough to say no to that value even though ANA very likely misses out on who we all seem to think is ‘their guy’ in Levshunov at 5OA

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