Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Published: Aug. 6, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

MTL Trades Gallagher at the TDL with 1 year left on his term before he goes UFA in 2021 summer. Like Plekanec MTL gives Gallagher options for location of trade treating him well in hopes when they bid on his UFA rights in 2021 he'll re-sign like Plekanec


MTL trade Gallagher at 50% retained to give Gallagher a chance at 2 cups runs with TBL in hopes he wins and brings that experience back to MTL in 2021-22 when he becomes UFA and TBL will likely be unable to pay what we can at that time .

its a win win if it works , if it doesnt we still got a fair return and helped a heart and soul guy for us go on a cup run in his Prime years . i think Gallagher would remember that and return home where MTL's young players will have had a few seasons under their belt and could benefit from a 30-31 year old Gallagher's experience he brings back with him as he's sure to hit new heights and possibly even 40+ goals .

i know '' why help teams in our Conference or Division ?''

its about helping Gallagher and leaving the best possible memories in all respects so come UFA time we have a chance at re-signing him . its the smart way to play it as we get asset's back in the mean time until we would have bid on his UFA's rights regardless of him playing here or there .

MTL Trades Gallagher and retains 3.85m and takes a buyout cap hit of 5.6m got judy under 9.5m cap hit in 2019-20 in exchange for two 1st's Vakanainen ,A level Prospect , and a Fortier , B- level prospect .

Backes Buyout hit is 666 K summer of 2021 right when we'd need the cap to re-acquire Gallagher and sign our Free Agents
The hope is in Gallaghers Absence that Tatar , Armia and Petry will step up and increase their value being moved out before Gallaghers would be return .
MTL remains every bit the playoff team they were before the trade with a young Finnish LD to insert in the mix right away while we wait to draft our picks and for Fortier to develop .

Barbasev offersheet is taking into account what the half a dozen people posted last time about Barbashev only being worth 1.5-1.75m in STL eyes . Given STL only has 1.8m cap total with big names needing paid next year they wont be in a position to offer more then that for sure .

MTL offers Barb's a deal knowing his and Danaults chemistry and they chance to re-unite on PP might interest him . longterm Barbs and Danault will occupy 3rd line but for now until our prospects step up they'll play where they are needed most .

if STL will match 2m , ill just remake the post and raise it all the way to 3.2m over 5 years if need be because putting Barbs back with Danault is worth the risk of 2nd round pick given in this scenario i have two plus three 1sts . Barb's brings size and power something MTL could always use more of . he's a middle 6 winger or bottom 6 center at best but will no doubt be worth the cost we paid for him

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