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Realistic Draft/Offseason Plan

Created by: dchill
Team: 2018-19 Montreal Canadiens
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 12, 2018
Published: Mar. 12, 2018
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No, Tavares isn't signing with Montreal.

Key points of the draft/offseason:
1) Trade Patches - he deserves better. A great centre prospect and a conditional first if he resigns is a good enough haul.
2) Use cap space to take on salary in order to get better prospects and picks (see Philadelphia and Tampa trades)
3) Probably going to draft in the 5-8 range, take Oliver Wahlstrom
4) Build a better AHL team in Laval. Get prospects who can play meaningful minutes there and contribute to a winning culture that will bolster prospect development.
5) Trade away some of the defencemen on the roster, make room for the younger d-men to play and develop (Mete, Reilly, Juulsen)
6) Take a run at Jake Evans (a habs draft pick) and Jimmy Schuldt (has attended habs development camps) coming out of college, try to convince them to sign in Montreal with the promise of NHL ice time in the 2018-2019 season.

Following a plan like this could see the team take a step towards drafting and developing correctly, trying to fill the prospect cupboards back up (the 4 picks in the 2nd round are key) and build towards a perennial playoff team in 2-3 years. This is basically the Boston Bruins approach, with a little variances here and there. Look how thats turned out for them.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
5$3,500,000
1$950,000
1$950,000
1$700,000
2$800,000
1$925,000
1$925,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
Wahlstrom, Oliver
3$925,000
1$3,000,000
Schuldt, Jimmy
2$925,000
Evans, Jake
2$925,000
Poehling, Ryan
3$925,000
Trades
1.
MTL
  1. 2020 4th round pick (STL)
STL
  1. Benn, Jordie
2.
MTL
  1. 2019 6th round pick (ARI)
ARI
  1. Schlemko, David
3.
MTL
  1. Vilardi, Gabriel
  2. 2020 1st round pick (LAK)
Additional Details:
2020 first round pick is conditional on Pacioretty resigning in LA, if he does not sign pick becomes a 2020 3rd round pick
LAK
  1. Pacioretty, Max
4.
MTL
  1. MacDonald, Andrew
  2. Myers, Philippe
  3. 2019 5th round pick (PHI)
PHI
  1. Shaw, Andrew
  2. 2019 6th round pick (MTL)
5.
MTL
  1. Callahan, Ryan
  2. 2020 2nd round pick (TBL)
Additional Details:
Pure cap dump. Tampa gives up a 2nd to have a chance at resigning Kucherov, Gourde, Point, McDonough etc.
TBL
  1. Froese, Byron
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2019
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2020
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2021
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
22$80,000,000$69,387,975$0$782,500$10,612,025
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Galchenyuk, Alex
$4,900,000$4,900,000
LW, C, RW
UFA - 2
Drouin, Jonathan
$5,500,000$5,500,000
LW, RW
UFA - 5
Scherbak, Nikita
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$175,000$175K)
LW, RW
UFA - 1
Lehkonen, Artturi
$839,166$839,166
LW, RW
UFA - 1
Plekanec, Tomas
$3,000,000$3,000,000
C
UFA - 1
Gallagher, Brendan
$3,750,000$3,750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
Hudon, Charles
$650,000$650,000
C, LW, RW
UFA - 1
Danault, Phillip
$3,500,000$3,500,000
C
UFA - 3
Byron, Paul
$1,166,667$1,166,667
LW, RW
UFA - 1
De La Rose, Jacob
$950,000$950,000
C, LW
UFA - 2
Carr, Daniel
$950,000$950,000
LW
UFA - 1
Deslauriers, Nicolas
$950,000$950,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
Callahan, Ryan
$5,800,000$5,800,000
RW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Mete, Victor
$748,333$748,333 (Performance Bonus$182,500$182K)
LD/RD
UFA - 2
Weber, Shea
$7,857,143$7,857,143
RD
UFA - 8
Price, Carey
$10,500,000$10,500,000
G
NMC
UFA - 8
Reilly, Mike
$725,000$725,000
LD
UFA - 1
Petry, Jeff
$5,500,000$5,500,000
RD
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 3
Lindgren, Charlie
$750,000$750,000
G
UFA - 3
Alzner, Karl
$4,625,000$4,625,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 4
Juulsen, Noah
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$425,000$425K)
RD
UFA - 2
MacDonald, Andrew
$5,000,000$5,000,000
RD
UFA - 2

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Mar. 12, 2018 at 8:20 p.m.
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As a plan, this looks really solid. Not sure though if Callahan would waive his NMC for rebuilding team like Habs.

Oh, and I don't think Kings will trade Vilardi - they were so lucky with getting him in the latest draft, he's gonna be a big part of their team as a 2C in 3-4 years. I'd probably go look from team like FLA or ARZ who has a number of C-prospects (in FLA there's Borgström or Heponiemi and in ARZ there's Strome, Dvorak, Merkley etc.) or something like that.
Mar. 12, 2018 at 8:26 p.m.
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love the plan. seems very realistic. don't know why ur trading shaw though?
Mar. 12, 2018 at 9:18 p.m.
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Quoting: Price_is_the_goat
love the plan. seems very realistic. don't know why ur trading shaw though?


Agree and agree. Nice to see a post that actually makes sense. The Shaw trade is the only one I'm not 100% on board with.
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Mar. 12, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.
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Quoting: Starsfan98
As a plan, this looks really solid. Not sure though if Callahan would waive his NMC for rebuilding team like Habs.

Oh, and I don't think Kings will trade Vilardi - they were so lucky with getting him in the latest draft, he's gonna be a big part of their team as a 2C in 3-4 years. I'd probably go look from team like FLA or ARZ who has a number of C-prospects (in FLA there's Borgström or Heponiemi and in ARZ there's Strome, Dvorak, Merkley etc.) or something like that.


My thought process was out of those teams, LA is the most ready to compete for a cup. With Kopitar and Carter signed for the foreseeable future down the middle, I thought they'd be willing to part with him to acquire an elite goal scorer who could really thrive playing with those two centres and help out a team thats starved for goals and seemingly all in while they have Doughty under contract for only 7 million a year.
Mar. 12, 2018 at 9:31 p.m.
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Quoting: Price_is_the_goat
love the plan. seems very realistic. don't know why ur trading shaw though?


Quoting: StuTheSniper
Agree and agree. Nice to see a post that actually makes sense. The Shaw trade is the only one I'm not 100% on board with.


Shaw is a good player, but I do not think he will be worth nearly 4 million a year in the final 2-3 years of his contract. He's a great playoff guy for a team thats competing, but unfortunately i don't think the habs will be competing in the next 2 years. Thats why you take a bad contract back in MacDonald, and acquire a great defensive prospect in Myers. Also, the Habs have prospects that can replace Shaw and his role in the next couple years (Will Bitten comes to mind). As a whole, I see this trade as accepting 2 years of pain in order to gain cap space and prospect capital that could really help in the long run. The only thing i could maybe think of changing is adding more to the deal from the Philly side of things.
Mar. 13, 2018 at 8:22 a.m.
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My thought process was out of those teams, LA is the most ready to compete for a cup. With Kopitar and Carter signed for the foreseeable future down the middle, I thought they'd be willing to part with him to acquire an elite goal scorer who could really thrive playing with those two centres and help out a team thats starved for goals and seemingly all in while they have Doughty under contract for only 7 million a year.


LA C-depth....for yearssss
Kopitar- Carter- even Brown is a formal C... and have young's like: Kempe- Iafallo, Amadio that played C in Junior as well... so they can afford losing Vilardi for a Top LW to play with Kopi.
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Mar. 13, 2018 at 8:48 a.m.
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Shaw is a good player, but I do not think he will be worth nearly 4 million a year in the final 2-3 years of his contract. He's a great playoff guy for a team thats competing, but unfortunately i don't think the habs will be competing in the next 2 years. Thats why you take a bad contract back in MacDonald, and acquire a great defensive prospect in Myers. Also, the Habs have prospects that can replace Shaw and his role in the next couple years (Will Bitten comes to mind). As a whole, I see this trade as accepting 2 years of pain in order to gain cap space and prospect capital that could really help in the long run. The only thing i could maybe think of changing is adding more to the deal from the Philly side of things.


Shaw will only be between 28-30 years old in those years. What makes you think he won't still be a contributor then? Has the perceived age of infirmity here gotten that low?
Mar. 13, 2018 at 1:33 p.m.
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Shaw is a good player, but I do not think he will be worth nearly 4 million a year in the final 2-3 years of his contract. He's a great playoff guy for a team thats competing, but unfortunately i don't think the habs will be competing in the next 2 years. Thats why you take a bad contract back in MacDonald, and acquire a great defensive prospect in Myers. Also, the Habs have prospects that can replace Shaw and his role in the next couple years (Will Bitten comes to mind). As a whole, I see this trade as accepting 2 years of pain in order to gain cap space and prospect capital that could really help in the long run. The only thing i could maybe think of changing is adding more to the deal from the Philly side of things.


he is 26 and makes 3.9mill. he can score 20 goals a season, play pp, pk, good in front of the net. he can play up and down the line up, and is good in the dot as well. plus he is a great guy to have on the bench and in the locker room, and stands up for his team mates on the ice. for 3.9mill, thats not bad
 
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