Offloading Alzner

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Created by: MTLGM

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 1, 2019

Published: Apr. 15, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

NJ has over 35 mil in cap space (granted cap is 83 mil) with only Butcher as a notable RFA.

No idea what else to do to be honest regarding a LD, or big Free Agent signing. And I would jump into anything so quick. We'll have Domi to resign, and soon enough Gallagher, Danault, Kotkaniemi..etc

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Armia, Joel	4	$2,250,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	4	$2,250,000
Kulak, Brett	3	$1,275,000
Olofsson, Gustav	1	$750,000
McCarron, Michael	2	$825,000

Trades

MTL

2019 3rd round pick (ANA)

NJD

Alzner, Karl
Hudon, Charles [RFA Rights]
2019 2nd round pick (MTL)
2019 3rd round pick (MTL)

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667

Buried

Matthew Peca: $225,000 ($1,300,000)
Dale Weise: $1,275,000 ($2,350,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
19	$83,000,000	$65,157,142	$0	$3,950,000	$17,842,858

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
	Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Lehkonen, Artturi $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
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
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Poehling, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 3
Armia, Joel $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2		Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 3

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	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 7
	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $1,275,000$1,275,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($175,000$175K) RD UFA - 1

Apr. 15, 2019 at 3:13 p.m.

F50marco

Joined: May 2015

Posts: 19,649

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Why is Montreal doing this though? isn't the goal when offloading players to get cap space to sign other players? If you aren't signing any big names, than what was the point in losing quality picks to get rid of Alzner? Just let him play AHL or buy him out.

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Apr. 15, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

HabsRafiki

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 1,841

Likes: 552

Quoting: F50marco

Agreed. This makes no sense. If you want to make room on the roster, just buy him out. Otherwise, he has been a good leader/mentor in Laval and he's probably not a bad guy to have around in case the Habs ever need playoff help. As you can see, the whistles go away come the playoffs, so Alzner's ability to handle the crush in front might someday be useful again. In the meantime, he seems OK with his AHL fate.

Apr. 16, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

MTLGM

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ghg

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 44

Likes: 6

Quoting: HabsRafiki

Quoting: F50marco

Good points. But kind of explained it in the description.
1. Just purely posted as an idea, given NJ is a potential suitor with over 35 mil in cap space.

2. Not sure what MB should do in regards to top players available.

Of course would be a great move to free up even more cap space to acquire talent.

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