Players worth targetting

Created by: jonh514

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 5, 2024

Published: Apr. 5, 2024

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

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It's hard to move players out of Detroit because they have their own pipeline and it's pretty darn full. That being said, there are a few players I feel their management has overlooked and kept in the AHL too long. We could create opportunities for those players in Montreal and I would go get them if the prices were fair.

The other part of this is that Detroit is ready to compete and has little to no interest in draft picks coming back because they are aware that it will take any player picked 3-5 years to bring value to their roster and their window may only be 5 years.

Let me know what you think of these targets and deals?

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Berggren, Jonatan		2	$1,500,000
Xhekaj, Arber		2	$1,500,000

Trades

MTL

Berggren, Jonatan [RFA Rights]

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Detroit's most NHL-ready prospect. By all rights this kid should have spent the year in the NHL. He has produced 0.5ppg when in the NHL this season and yet they keep sending him back down.

DET

Mesar, Filip

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From a skill perspective I think Mesar & Berggren are around the same level. While Mesar is earlier in his development and needs at least 1 year in the AHL, Berggren is ready to play in the NHL today and has nothing left to learn in the AHL.

Detroit does this because they get a player with a slightly higher draft pedigree who is not in a rush to get to the NHL because they gain 3 years of team control.

Habs do this because they get an NHL-ready player today who I believe can take a top 6 role or at least a middle 6 role and run with it.

MTL

Söderblom, Elmer

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Physical freak Elmer is a bit of a unicorn. He may turn out to be the next Tage Thompson, or he may turn out to be the next Paul Gaustad. Either way the NHL team with the smallest forward crop can use an infusion of size and hopefully skill.

He's hardly a perfect player of a finished product, and there is some risk he never makes the NHL, but I would argue the risk is small.

DET

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]

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Similar to Berggren, Barron has played fairly well up in the NHL but has not been able to lock down a spot with the Habs having so many NHL-ready young prospects.

With Petry's time in the NHL sunsetting, Barron could be a good long term blueliner who still has middle pair upside.

I would argue Barron is more of a lock to stick in the NHL than Soderblom so I think this is a good deal for Detroit

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	$71,617,083	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$15,882,917

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	Berggren, Jonatan $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW RFA
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	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	Söderblom, Elmer $878,333$878,333 LW, C RFA - 1	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	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD RFA

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

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Apr. 5 at 7:24 a.m.

Jfstompers

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I'm not a soderblom guy so I'd do that deal. I just don't think he'll ever skate well enough to be a useful player in the NHL

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Apr. 5 at 7:28 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: Jfstompers

I'm not a soderblom guy so I'd do that deal. I just don't think he'll ever skate well enough to be a useful player in the NHL

Barron is an excellent skater.

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Apr. 5 at 7:59 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: Jfstompers

I'm not a soderblom guy so I'd do that deal. I just don't think he'll ever skate well enough to be a useful player in the NHL

What about the Berggren deal?

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Apr. 5 at 8:10 a.m.

Habs_22_14_20

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Both deals aren’t considered by MTL management
Maybe it’s fair for your playstation team, but realistically that ain’t it

Apr. 5 at 8:16 a.m.

jonh514

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Quoting: Habs_22_14_20

Both deals aren’t considered by MTL management
Maybe it’s fair for your playstation team, but realistically that ain’t it

I don't own a PlayStation. Do you have any concrete concerns about the deals, or are you just complaining because you don't like the name recognition.

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