Why not E Karlsson amp S Weber as a pair

Created by: MONSTER1974

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 24, 2019

Published: Jan. 24, 2019

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

Habs are looking for a LH d-man to play with Weber. Someone mobile, offensive abilities, great skater, can lead a power play. Everything that Erik Karlsson is... except that he's right handed.

Is there a LH option out there that is better than Erik Karlsson and all the mistakes he would make as a left side d-man with a RH shot?

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Poehling, Ryan		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Armia, Joel	3	$3,000,000
Kulak, Brett	2	$1,000,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	3	$2,000,000
Reilly, Mike	2	$750,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Karlsson, Erik		7	$9,500,000

Trades

MTL

2020 7th round pick (COL)

COL

Alzner, Karl
2020 3rd round pick (MTL)

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667

Buried

David Schlemko: $1,025,000 ($2,100,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$79,500,000	$77,407,142	$0	$3,100,000	$2,092,858

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	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
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 2	Armia, Joel $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 3	Poehling, Ryan $925,000$925,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Lehkonen, Artturi $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Peca, Matthew $1,300,000$1,300,000 LW, C UFA - 1		Deslauriers, Nicolas $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Karlsson, Erik $9,500,000$9,500,000 RD UFA - 8	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 7	Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 7
Mete, Victor $748,333$748,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($175,000$175K) RD UFA - 1
Reilly, Mike $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

KSIxSKULLS

WentWughes

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 10,711

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If that was a trade Montreal could make, It would have already been made. Alzner has one of the worst contracts in the league, he's not going to go the cheap unfortunately. Karlsson is going to get atleast 11m+ if he goes to FA

Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:17 p.m.

EzioUchiha

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 1,351

Likes: 445

If Karlsson hits FA, I don't see him joining a former team rival like the Leafs or Habs.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:19 p.m.

PrincessChloe

May contain nuts

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 6,612

Likes: 2,016

Karlsson would command more than that, whether he hits the open market or not. And I'm pretty sure that SJ will do everything they can to re-sign him.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:20 p.m.

MONSTER1974

Joined: Apr. 2017

Posts: 838

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Quoting: KSIxSKULLS

At 11M, he still fits under the Habs cap.

Quoting: EzioUchiha

If Karlsson hits FA, I don't see him joining a former team rival like the Leafs or Habs.

As mentioned above, at 11M/yr & 7 years, he'd have 77M reasons to play for a rival.

Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:23 p.m.

KSIxSKULLS

WentWughes

Joined: Nov. 2016

Posts: 10,711

Likes: 10,271

Quoting: MONSTER1974

At 11M, he still fits under the Habs cap.

As mentioned above, at 11M/yr & 7 years, he'd have 77M reasons to play for a rival.

And put us in cap hell. We simply can't afford him. Domi is going to take the remaining cap space available the season after. Having 2 players above 10 million dollars is not healthy and you cannot win a cup like that.

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