2021-2022 Post-Expansion Roster

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Created by: ML16

Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 17, 2020

Published: Sep. 18, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Targeting teams with cap issues / 5M+ on LTIR to take advantage of the Habs owner’s deep pockets in the current economic context, namely Tampa (Killorn), Tampa (Kesler/Comtois) and Winnipeg (Little/Vesalainen+).

In the end, a competitive roster centered around a young offensive corps and an experienced backend with 12M in cap space for 2022-2023 with only Suzuki, Romanov and Primeau needing a new contract, since Chiarot is likely to be replaced by upcoming Norlinder. Luxury bottom/middle-6 wingers Byron/Armia can also be dealt for some cap flexibility if need be. They could also be offered to Seattle in the expansion draft (Byron would likely required pick(s) incentive, Armia not so much.) If neither Byron nor Armia are chosen by Seattle, the Habs likely lose on of Mete/Chiarot/Juulsen/Fleury instead, a manageable loss considering the depth of MTL’s D prospect pool.

Also, the roster is built in the spirit of rolling 4 lines, with a mix of size, skills and grit on each. And with 4 top-50 picks in the 2020 draft (including 2 top-16 picks) it is likely that the Habs can add 1 or 2 impactful prospect(s) into that mix.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole	3	$925,000
Harris, Jordan	3	$900,000
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël	3	$750,000
Ikonen, Joni	3	$850,000
Norlinder, Mattias	3	$925,000
Stapley, Brett	3	$750,000
Olofsson, Jacob	3	$850,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Alain, Alexandre	2	$750,000
Dauphin, Laurent	2	$900,000
Evans, Jake	3	$1,000,000
Fleury, Cale	2	$950,000
Juulsen, Noah	2	$950,000
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	3	$3,750,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	4	$2,750,000
McNiven, Michael	2	$750,000
Mete, Victor	2	$1,750,000
Pezzetta, Michael	2	$750,000
Poehling, Ryan	2	$1,150,000
Vejdemo, Lukas	2	$900,000
Ouellet, Xavier	2	$950,000
Comtois, Maxime	2	$1,150,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Belzile, Alex	2	$850,000
Danault, Phillip	6	$5,750,000
Demchenko, Vasili	2	$800,000
Gallagher, Brendan	6	$5,750,000
Petry, Jeff	4	$6,500,000
Armia, Joel	3	$2,950,000

Trades

MTL

Comtois, Maxime [RFA Rights]
Kesler, Ryan

ANA

Struble, Jayden [Reserve List]
2020 4th round pick (ANA)
2021 4th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Assuming Anaheim does not want to pay 13M+ for Kesler and Perry’s cap recapture penalty in 2020-2021. The price for taking on Kesler’s last 2 years of contract would be a trade of prospect LW vs LD and 2 mid round picks, since Anaheim doesn’t get effective cap relief in the short term.

MTL

Little, Bryan
Vesalainen, Kristian
2020 1st round pick (WPG)

WPG

Domi, Max [RFA Rights]
Fairbrother, Gianni [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Assuming Little’s career is unfortunately over and that Winnipeg thus needs a viable option for C behind Scheifele. For taking on Little’s 5,3M until 2024 and filling the void with a better player around the same cap impact - Domi - a Winnipeg’s 1st round pick and Vesaleinen seems fair. MTL throws in one of his numerous LD prospect to sweeten the deal.

MTL

Killorn, Alex

TBL

Poehling, Ryan
2020 2nd round pick (STL)

Additional Details:

Tampa gets much needed cap relief to sign At least one of Cirelli/Segachev for futures. MTL fills a need for an experienced LW to balance its lines.

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $2,291,667

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
22	$81,500,000	$73,959,704	$597,561	$1,175,000	$7,540,296

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Killorn, Alex $4,450,000$4,450,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $5,750,000$5,750,000 C UFA - 6	Gallagher, Brendan $5,750,000$5,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($537,500$538K) C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $2,950,000$2,950,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Comtois, Maxime $1,150,000$1,150,000 LW RFA - 2	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $3,750,000$3,750,000 C UFA - 1	Caufield, Cole $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Lehkonen, Artturi $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($637,500$638K) LD RFA - 1	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 5	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Primeau, Cayden $880,833$880,833 G RFA - 1
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Mete, Victor $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Vejdemo, Lukas $900,000$900,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1		Kesler, Ryan $6,875,000$6,875,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1		Little, Bryan $5,291,667$5,291,667 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Caufield, C.		Kotkaniemi, J.		Suzuki, N.
	Drouin, J.		Petry, J.

Power Play 2
Killorn, A.		Danault, P.		Gallagher, B.
	Romanov, A.		Weber, S.

Penalty Kill 1
	Danault, P.	Armia, J.
	Chiarot, B.	Weber, S.

Penalty Kill 2
	Lehkonen, A.	Evans, J.
	Edmundson, J.	Petry, J.

Sep. 18, 2020 at 9:38 a.m.

Salzy

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Keslers contract is at least 80% insured, no reason for the Ducks to even consider that

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Sep. 18, 2020 at 9:48 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Kesler has already stated that he's not waiving his NMC, He'll just stay on LTIR in Anaheim until his contract is up. Besides Montreal doesn't need cap relief from his LTIR doubt Bergevin spends up to the cap with a flat cap for the next several seasons.

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Sep. 18, 2020 at 10:02 a.m.

MisstheWhalers

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Why wouldn't the Jets just put Little on LTIR?
I assume insurance pays out the contract.

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Sep. 18, 2020 at 10:10 a.m.

bunzy1034

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Yeah if little can go on LTIR, I don’t know why they would include him in a deal to lower his overall value.

Sep. 18, 2020 at 10:19 a.m.

Lenny7

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Quoting: Salzy

Keslers contract is at least 80% insured, no reason for the Ducks to even consider that

Yup. Not sure why everyone still thinks that this is like a handful of years ago when someone like Nathan Horton's contract wasn't insured, hence Columbus taking Clarkson for him. Couldn't afford to pay Horton not to play, so swapped him with the Leafs. Now? Contracts are insured.

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Sep. 18, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

Stgstg55

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Ducks have no reason to do this. Comtois isn’t for sale and Kesler’s cap doesn’t affect us

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