6 Newhooks is better than 3 Laines

Created by: jonh514

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 27, 2024

Published: Mar. 27, 2024

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Acquiring top 3 forward talent is hard. You need to pay a ridiculous price either in trade or in free agency. The only logical way to get it is to draft for it and/or develop it.

That being said: HuGo has done a great job getting Dach & Newhook and signing them to team friendly "prove it" deals. Great middle 6 players who can play up and down the lineup. I, like a lot of Habs fans, want us to target those types of players this offseason.

Here's some ideas I'd try.

Notes:

1) Fowler starts in Laval next season. Dobes plays backup in Montreal. I know Dobes AHL GAA is not good enough at first glance, but if you look at the 2nd half of the season, it's really good. He just got lit up in the first 20 games while he was adapting. It's understandable on a team that had 70% new players and we should look at his last 20 games instead.

2) Buried RHP. If we lose him, so be it. He has not been good this season.

3) Turcotte, Dvorak, Anderson, Armia, and Gallagher duke it out not to be the 13th man. Unless the team goes on a run, Dvorak & Armia are gone at the TDL anyway, so there will be room for everyone, including call-ups. Injuries will also play a factor.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Krebs, Peyton	2	$2,250,000
Turcotte, Alex	2	$1,250,000
Lundell, Anton	3	$3,500,000

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MTL

Turcotte, Alex [RFA Rights]

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Former top 5 pick with disappointing production so far. At age 23-24 it's unlikely he breaks out and becomes the player he was drafted to be, but he can still fill a 3rd line role well, and maybe play in the 2nd line in a pinch.

LAK

Primeau, Cayden

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LA needs a couple of Goalies and does not have a ton of cap room. Primeau should be one of them. He has been very good in limited usage this year and he only costs 1M next season before being RFA.

MTL

Krebs, Peyton [RFA Rights]

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Formerly expected to be an offensive force, Krebs has become more of a defensive player in Buffalo. I believe the offense is still there and he would get a better opportunity in Montreal.

BUF

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Crowded blue line, even on the right side, and Reinbacher and Mailloux have made him expendable. He'll get a better shot in Buffalo who will have a spot for him on their bottom pair next season.

MTL

Lundell, Anton [RFA Rights]

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Lundell is this year's Dach/Newhook

FLA

Evans, Jake
Xhekaj, Arber [RFA Rights]

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I think most Panther fans know that if they want to hold Bennet & Reinhart, they may need to sacrifice Lundell as a trade chip. First off on Salary, and second in order to restock the Blueline.

The issue is that most fans are offering picks, and to a team like the Panthers, picks are not very useful. Their window is now. They need difference makers right now. That's why this needs to be a good old fashioned "hockey trade". Value today with upside for value today with upside.

Evans is there to fill the gap left by Lundell. He's a Solid bottom six center with exceptional faceoff and defensive metrics. Has a little offense too.

The real gem here is Xhekaj. Hulking, bruising, scoring defenseman with tons of upside. Exactly the kind of player you want to ice in the playoffs.

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,500,000	$73,948,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$13,551,250

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	Lundell, Anton $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, LW RFA	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Krebs, Peyton $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW RFA	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3

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
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Dobes, Jakub $925,000$925,000 G RFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Turcotte, Alex $1,250,000$1,250,000 C RFA		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1

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Mar. 27 at 9:13 a.m.

AlakHul

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what does preds fans have to do in the panthers trade?? and why would we trade Xhekaj for Lundell? im sure some other prospects would be much better, or picks, or even an OS lmao

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Mar. 27 at 9:16 a.m.

Chapee44

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Buffalo should make that deal. Love my feisty little psychopath in Krebs but Barron is solid and I also really like him.

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Mar. 27 at 9:18 a.m.

Jackaille

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value is there for sure, so props on that. Doubt Primeau has this kind of value though.

As much as I love Lundell and I think the value is fine, I wouldn't deal Xhekaj

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Mar. 27 at 9:19 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: AlakHul

what does preds fans have to do in the panthers trade?? and why would we trade Xhekaj for Lundell? im sure some other prospects would be much better, or picks, or even an OS lmao

Oops gonna change it. Sorry. Need more ☕

Mar. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: Jackaille

value is there for sure, so props on that. Doubt Primeau has this kind of value though.

As much as I love Lundell and I think the value is fine, I wouldn't deal Xhekaj

Turcotte is not exactly lighting it up with 6 points this season. Primeau has a 0.910 save percentage on one of the worst teams in hockey. When you tack on the salary and the King's needs, I think the value is more than fair.

As for Xhekaj. I love the man but Struble gives you 90% of what Xhekaj gives you as a 3rd pair defender. Between Guhle's eventual swap back to the left, Matheson, Hutson, Engstrom, maybe even Trudeau one day, I don't think we have room for a Xhekaj in the top 4 on the left.

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