If Lafreniere Comes To MTL

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Created by: OkBoomer

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 14, 2020

Published: Apr. 14, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

If Montreal wins the lottery, Domi becomes expendable because I prefer to see him on the wing. He can be used as a trade piece for Brodin, who will solidify the defense core. Mete is in the AHL where he can put up some points and play top minutes with Fleury and Brook. If Petry leaves at the end of the season, Mete can take that spot. Granlund gets a second chance in MTL where he can be given more opportunities to return to his form in Minnesota. Bringing back Kovy is a no brainer. Thompson played very well and is a great 4th liner and penalty killer, also brings veteran leadership and was apparently a great locker room guy, one of the best on the team.
I also switched up the Tatar-Danault-Gally line. This may seem very controversial but I feel like Laffy is a perfect fit on the line. Any player that has played on that line has succeeded and Tatar can fit almost anywhere. He works well with Suzuki, who is a perfect playmaker for the sniper. Lafreniere is physical, big and has the undeniable skill. He is also pretty good defensively and is not a liability for this defensive line. He is essentially an upgraded Tatar. Kovy can work with KK and Drouin to make them better.
On defense, Brodin is with Weber, good mix of defense and offense. Same with Chiarot and Petry. Romanov has a Russian partner to help him adapt to the North American game.
In nets, it makes sense to invest on a good backup goalie. Greiss has no spot with Varlamov who signed long term and Sorokin.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Romanov, Alexander		3	$925,000
Hillis, Cameron		3	$700,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Blandisi, Joseph	1	$700,000
Vejdemo, Lukas	1	$700,000
Juulsen, Noah	1	$700,000
Lucchini, Jacob	1	$700,000
McNiven, Michael	1	$700,000
Hudon, Charles	1	$925,000
Evans, Jake	1	$925,000
Mete, Victor	2	$1,000,000
Domi, Max	3	$5,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kovalchuk, Ilya	1	$1,750,000
Greiss, Thomas	1	$3,750,000
Granlund, Mikael	1	$5,750,000
Thompson, Nate	1	$975,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Marchenko, Alexei		1	$1,500,000
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

ARI

Alzner, Karl

Additional Details:

CBO

MTL

2020 4th round pick (COL)

COL

Byron, Paul

MTL

Brodin, Jonas

Additional Details:

Brodin signs a 4 year, $22,000,000 contract extension

MIN

Domi, Max
Kulak, Brett
2020 2nd round pick (CHI)

Buried

Jordan Weal: $325,000 ($1,400,000)

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
20	$81,500,000	$69,595,476	$0	$2,925,000	$11,904,524

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lafreniere, Alexis $925,000$925,000	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 1
Tatar, Tomas $4,800,000$4,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 2	Granlund, Mikael $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3		Kovalchuk, Ilya $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
	Thompson, Nate $975,000$975,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Brodin, Jonas $4,166,667$4,166,667 LD NMC UFA - 1	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 6	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 6
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Romanov, Alexander $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2	Marchenko, Alexei $1,500,000$1,500,000	Greiss, Thomas $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 2

Apr. 14, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.

GMs

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Nothing works here
Domi > Brodin so they add a 2nd rd pick
We are not trading Byron for a 4th, he’s a solid bottom six guy a little bit overpaid

Mete can’t play in the AHL, he’s not waivers exempt anymore

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Apr. 14, 2020 at 4:54 p.m.

Copenhagen

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Quoting: GMs

That stupid hockey site on twitter had Brodin as one of the best D in the league this year. Crazy

Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:05 p.m.

F50marco

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Quoting: Copenhagen

That stupid hockey site on twitter had Brodin as one of the best D in the league this year. Crazy

This is according to pro-advanced stat people only. There is still a large portion of people who'd spit their drink out of their mouth if you named Brodin anywhere close to Norris caliber. I am one of them.

Good player, top 4 dman any day but this idea that he is one of the best in the league (ie Norris type good) is coming from one particular group of people only. Not the whole hockey community.

Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:08 p.m.

Copenhagen

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Quoting: F50marco

Totally and Seth Jones and Draisaitlis are brutal. These hockey sites are terrible. D

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Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:10 p.m.

Habs_Hfx10

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If we win the lottery and get Lafreniere we trade Tatar not Domi. Tatar has good value and with Lafreniere we wouldn’t need to extend Tatar. Tatar should bring in a first and a decent prospect (preferably a RHD). Domi is an important piece on our team, he brings skill and an edge that the team needs.

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Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:15 p.m.

Wqrrior

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Quoting: F50marco

Not many players in the league play his type of game. That's partially why there's so much desirable about him.

Near norris, definitely not. But he also carries considerable value. I would put him slightly above Muzzin - he should get the same return roughly as Muzzin despite the half-year less of his contract in my opinion (First, B prospect ~ MTL: protected 1st, Ikonen)

Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:48 p.m.

F50marco

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Quoting: Copenhagen

Totally and Seth Jones and Draisaitlis are brutal. These hockey sites are terrible. D

Huh? Whats does Jones and Draisaitl have to do with it?

Apr. 14, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

F50marco

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Quoting: Wqrrior

That's fine, even me being not an overly huge fan of Brodin's can get behind that valuation honestly. He still is good, not trying to bash him in the slightest. I'd take him on my team any day but the valuation around him is exaggerated IMO. Although I wouldn't put Brodin in Muzzins caliber at the same age though. Its why I brought up the analytics aspect. That community is the only one that is putting him on that high a pedestal. Muzzin at 26 was way more accomplished and a more complete player than Brodin is now IMO.

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:05 p.m.

Copenhagen

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Quoting: F50marco

Huh? Whats does Jones and Draisaitl have to do with it?

They were voted brutal by the same site that had Brodin in top 5 D

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:08 p.m.

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F50marco

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Quoting: Copenhagen

They were voted brutal by the same site that had Brodin in top 5 D

Oh. Just curious what site exactly are you referring to?

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:15 p.m.

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Copenhagen

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Quoting: F50marco

Oh. Just curious what site exactly are you referring to?

EvolvingWild hockey

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:23 p.m.

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wabit

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Quoting: F50marco

Actually Brodin and Muzzin stats line up really well. Brodin just hasn't gotten PP time to boost his stats like Muzzin did. Look at their 5v5 stats and there isn't much difference. Heck Brodin was paired with much weaker d-men than Muzzin was for most of that time too.

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:49 p.m.

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F50marco

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Quoting: wabit

Simply looking at 5v5 scoring yes but Im taking all his accomplishments and abilities into consideration. With that said its not like Brodin played with garbage those years. Plus its not like he earned PP time either. Coaches wouldn't actively not play a player in an area he'd be good at, especially one as liked as Brodin.

I don't know, I like him but I feel this past season especially has exaggerated his value. At the same age I'd take Muzzin over him any day.

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:53 p.m.

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F50marco

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Quoting: Copenhagen

EvolvingWild hockey

Yeah......I personally don't think what they do should be taken as gospel in the slightest. Just added information for a broader picture and that's it.

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Apr. 14, 2020 at 7:06 p.m.

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Kotkaniemi15

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IMO Domi is expendable because he sucks on the wing, not because he is a winger. You can never have too many wingers. We have more than enough centres, and we just don’t have room for him. That said, I’d rather not trade him for a LD. I would not sign Granlund, and trade Domi for a winger around his age & production to a team that wants centres. Or if Petry’s not coming back, trade him for a RHD, but we have too much talent coming up on LHD to jam it up with Brodin.

Plus you’re overpaying ridiculously for Brodin.

Apr. 14, 2020 at 9:19 p.m.

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wabit

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Quoting: F50marco

Hard for any LD in MN to get any PP time with Suter hogging it all. Suter's PP usage is really a complaint from a lot of Wild fans. He just doesn't come off the ice and isn't anything special at it. Plus it's not like MN's PP is any good. They'll get some goals, but it's downright ugly way too often.

Suter cries too much when things aren't perfect for him. He's a heck of a player and seems like a nice guy (my kid loved him in camps). He just seems to have a little too much power with the team, but when you're $100m investment I guess you can do that?

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