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Created by: CaptainFlynnt

Team: 2019-20 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 24, 2019

Published: Aug. 24, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Poehling, Suzuki, and Kotkaniemi all in the top 9. To achieve this, Domi had to be moved to wing and Byron had to move to 4th line C. Byron has played C in the past, when MTL's center depth was bad he centered Pacioretty for a few games.

Kotkaniemi will obviously play in the NHL again, if he got stronger over the summer he should be able to handle a bigger role.

Poehling should be a lock as well after recording a hat trick in his only NHL game. He is physically ready.

Suzuki would help MTL's powerplay immensely, so I think he should also be given a good look to make the team.

This lineup gives the habs two offensive lines:
Domi-Kotkaniemi-Suzuki
Drouin-Poehling-Weal

And two defensive / two-way lines:
Tatar-Danault-Gallagher
Lehkonen-Byron-Armia

Very good forward depth.

Not much changes on defence from last year. Chiarot replaces Benn. Juulsen starts in the AHL until there is an injury or he forces his way back to the NHL.

Buyouts

Steve Mason: $1,366,667

Buried

Matthew Peca: $225,000 ($1,300,000)
Dale Weise: $1,275,000 ($2,350,000)
Karl Alzner: $3,550,000 ($4,625,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$72,543,809	$0	$3,775,000	$8,956,191

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Domi, Max $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 3
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	Poehling, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 2	Weal, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 2
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Cousins, Nick $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Thompson, Nate $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1

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
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Kinkaid, Keith $1,750,000$1,750,000 G UFA - 1
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Folin, Christian $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
Reilly, Mike $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Gallagher, B.		Domi, M.		Suzuki, N.
	Kotkaniemi, J.		Weber, S.

Power Play 2
Armia, J.		Poehling, R.		Weal, J.
	Drouin, J.		Petry, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Byron, P.	Armia, J.
	Mete, V.	Weber, S.

Penalty Kill 2
	Danault, P.	Lehkonen, A.
	Chiarot, B.	Folin, C.

Aug. 24, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

KingLundqvist30

Breadman likes Bread

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Kotkaniemi isn’t a 1C even with the off-season training.

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Aug. 24, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

CaptainFlynnt

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Quoting: Grantedspace96

Kotkaniemi isn’t a 1C even with the off-season training.

Is Domi? Is Danault? Is Poehling? Not worried about it. Habs have good center depth even if they don't yet have the elite #1C. It's possible Domi plays C and KK plays LW. Idk, but I think the combo will work.

Aug. 24, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

AndrewLadd

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Y not have Byron at 3 RW and Weal as the 4C

Aug. 24, 2019 at 4:56 p.m.

CaptainFlynnt

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Quoting: klondikebar

Y not have Byron at 3 RW and Weal as the 4C

It's an option, might be a better option than what I have but I like Weal's game with those other guys and I like the idea of Byron lehkonen and armia together.

I also like having a right handed player on every line.

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Aug. 24, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

AndrewLadd

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Quoting: CaptainFlynnt

Fair enough, I’m not a habs fan so idk who works w who

Aug. 24, 2019 at 7:29 p.m.

Leafsfan23

Joined: Oct. 2018

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LMAO. Another year to miss the playoffs

Aug. 24, 2019 at 8:51 p.m.

mnet

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: Grantedspace96

Kotkaniemi isn’t a 1C even with the off-season training.

How can you confirm something like that do you have insider informations that we don't ? He might be a 1C or not, you can only speculate until camp.

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Aug. 24, 2019 at 10:15 p.m.

CaptainFlynnt

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Habs

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Quoting: Leafsfan23

LMAO. Another year to miss the playoffs

Keep trolling bud, leafs are heading downhill fast. Another failed rebuild. Talk to me when they win a playoff round.

Aug. 24, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

CaptainFlynnt

Thread Starter

Habs

Joined: Apr. 2016

Posts: 2,224

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Quoting: mnet

How can you confirm something like that do you have insider informations that we don't ? He might be a 1C or not, you can only speculate until camp.

Haven't heard much about KK other than he wants to be more selfish (shoot more). Last year he was good, despite being not ready physically at all, with some strength he could take a big step.

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