Habs True Rebuild Gets Rolling (trades EDM-ANA-NJ)

Created by: RoadRunner72

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 2, 2018

Published: Sep. 3, 2018

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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RELAX - THESE ARE NOT REAL WORLD TRADES - I KNOW PRICE IS A HAB FOR LIFE, but....

Positions are sorted by where I think they might be on depth chart 4 years from now, not in 2019-20. Some of the lower players would no longer be on the team as contracts expired (such as Shaw, Alzner etc.)

Price Trade - June 2019, week before the draft. Oilers have missed the playoffs again. Talbot + Koskinen both coming off disappointing seasons in net, both allowed to walk away as UFAs. Price has a good rebound year in 2018-19, but new GM in MTL decides it's time to move on with a true rebuild. Oilers put together the best package and a deal comes together. Lucic contract hurts Habs for a while, but they are rebuilding for 3-4 years anyway.

Cayden Primeau looks great in camp, joins team for some games late in 2019 season after finishing just 2 years NCAA, looks like goalie of the future. Still needs a year or two as backup, so bring in Schneider for Petry. Petry helps solidify Devils right side D for a few years, Kincaid takes over as #1 in net.

Patch is moved at trade deadline and re-signs in Anaheim for 5x$7.25M. Cale Fleury goes to ANA as decent RHD prospect. Habs get top LHD prospect in Larsson not yet NHL-proven and Comtois young power forward prospect, plus conditional draft pick.

After these moves, Habs have 2 first round picks in 2019, and three in 2020. Assume they are picking at #3 and #15 in 2019, that's Dach (C) and Broberg (LHD). Assume picking at #2 and #13 in 2020, that's Byfield (C) and Guhle (LHD). Also #20 in 2020 with NJD pick, lets say Lucas Raymond (RW)

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Armia, Joel	3	$1,500,000
Hudon, Charles	1	$1,200,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	5	$2,500,000
Lernout, Brett	3	$750,000
Reilly, Mike	3	$850,000
Scherbak, Nikita	3	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Poehling, Ryan	3	$925,000
Benn, Jordie	1	$1,100,000
Primeau, Cayden	3	$925,000
Pacioretty, Max	5	$7,250,000
Olofsson, Jacob	3	$925,000
Ylonen, Jesse	3	$925,000
Brook, Josh	3	$925,000
Fleury, Cale	3	$925,000
Guhle, Kaiden (2020 draft #13)	1	$925,000
Byfield, Qunton (2020 draft #2)	1	$925,000
Dach, Kirby (2019 draft #3)	1	$925,000
Broberg, Philip (2019 draft #15)	1	$925,000
Ikonen, Joni	3	$925,000
Raymond, Lucas (2020 draft #20)	3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

Comtois, Maxime
Larsson, Jacob
2020 1st round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

2020 2nd rounder becomes a first rounder if Patch re-signs long term in Anaheim

ANA

Fleury, Cale
Pacioretty, Max

MTL

Benson, Tyler
Bouchard, Evan
Lucic, Milan
2019 1st round pick (EDM)
2019 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Price, Carey ($1,500,000 retained)
Reilly, Mike

MTL

2020 4th round pick (SJS)
2021 5th round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

At trade deadline, assume a few teams want to stock up on short term NHL experienced D-man depth for playoffs

SJS

MTL

Schneider, Cory
2020 1st round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

Devils move last 3 years of Schneider's contract and give the starting job to Kincaid. Schneider provide some veteran stability for MTL while Cayden Primeau is groomed for the job.

NJD

Petry, Jeff
2020 2nd round pick (MTL)
2020 4th round pick (SJS)

Additional Details:

Habs make room for young right D prospects to mentor with Shea Weber for a few years. Overall Habs take on $7.0M in extra cap hit over 3 years comparing Schneider and Petry contracts. The reward is an upgrade to a 1st rounder in 2020.

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Carey Price: $1,500,000 (14.29%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022
2019

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
36	$82,000,000	$73,515,475	$0	$2,972,500	$8,484,525

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Dach, Kirby (2019 draft #3) $925,000$925,000	Scherbak, Nikita $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Poehling, Ryan $925,000$925,000	Hudon, Charles $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Comtois, Maxime $820,000$820,000 ($132,500$132K) LW RFA - 2	Byfield, Qunton (2020 draft #2) $925,000$925,000	Ylonen, Jesse $925,000$925,000
Olofsson, Jacob $925,000$925,000	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 2	Ikonen, Joni $925,000$925,000
Lucic, Milan $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4	Peca, Matthew $1,300,000$1,300,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Benson, Tyler $808,333$808,333 ($32,500$32K) LW, RW UFA - 2	De La Rose, Jacob $900,000$900,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Deslauriers, Nicolas $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Bitten, Will $805,000$805,000 ($132,500$132K) RW, C UFA - 2
		Raymond, Lucas (2020 draft #20) $925,000$925,000

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Mete, Victor $748,333$748,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 7	Schneider, Cory $6,000,000$6,000,000 G NTC UFA - 3
Larsson, Jacob $894,166$894,166 LD UFA - 1	Bouchard, Evan $894,167$894,167 RD RFA - 4	Primeau, Cayden $925,000$925,000
Broberg, Philip (2019 draft #15) $925,000$925,000	Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($175,000$175K) RD UFA - 1	Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 2
Guhle, Kaiden (2020 draft #13) $925,000$925,000	Brook, Josh $925,000$925,000
Alzner, Karl $4,625,000$4,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3

Top Comments

Sep. 3, 2018 at 11:06 p.m.

KSIxSKULLS

WentWughes

Joined: Nov. 2016

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I like how you say "New Habs GM" but there is virtually no chance Bergevin gets fired during this season or next.. Everybody and their grandparents know Montreal is rebuilding so Bergevin is probably safe unless he starts overpaying guys and taking Massive L's on trades..

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Sep. 3, 2018 at 11:12 p.m.

beavereater

Joined: Jul. 2018

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I like all your trades except the petry trade. You should trade petry for a 1st, than let play Lindgren as #1 and when primeau is ready trade Lindgren

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Sep. 4, 2018 at 2:15 a.m.

RoadRunner72

Lets Make a Deal

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Quoting: beavereater

I like all your trades except the petry trade. You should trade petry for a 1st, than let play Lindgren as #1 and when primeau is ready trade Lindgren

I beefed up the Petry-Schneider trade a little so Montreal gets a bit more upside. Still think I'd rather have a veteran G around to pair up with Lindgren and Primeau, especially with a really young defense corps.

Sep. 4, 2018 at 2:19 a.m.

RoadRunner72

Lets Make a Deal

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Quoting: KSIxSKULLS

Very true, but I'm hoping that lots of 2-1 and 3-1 losses in the next 6 months result in empty seats and eventually someone has to pay for that. That's got to be Bergevin at some point. Even Mr. Molson must understand that.

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Sep. 4, 2018 at 2:43 a.m.

Oilfan1717

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The Oilers will not give up their top defensive prospect plus Benson for an aging and increasingly ineffective Carey Price and his massive forever contract.

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Habs True Rebuild Gets Rolling (trades EDM-ANA-NJ)

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