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Exploring Kulak trade - NJD

Created by: pinslack

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 19, 2020

Published: Sep. 19, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Kulak seems the odd man out.

Edmundson' signing is showing a lack of trust in Kulak and with Romanov coming (praised by MTL organization), there's no room for him unless one of the three switch to RD. Even then, he could be lost to Seattle. Kulak still had great playoffs and wasn't getting carried by Petry on the 2nd pair.

Consistancy might be an issue (according to Bergevin), but he could fill top 4 role when needed and with a 3rd pair salary, it's totally worth a try.

Mete could also be the odd man out, but a bridge deal could settle his true self. He's younger than Kulak, make sense to give more time. KK would be really sad to see him leave too.

NJD could try him on a 2nd pair and if it doesnt work out, they need depth at LD anyway. Great fit IMO

Wood fits MTL style. He's overpaid which doesn't matter this year, but could be a problem next year (Tatar and Armia would have no chance to come back if core players resign)

Retained salary could be an option for Wood and Weal could be added. If anything, NJD adds.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Domi, Max	5	$5,800,000
Evans, Jake	2	$850,000
Juulsen, Noah	2	$800,000
Mete, Victor	2	$1,700,000
Ouellet, Xavier	1	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Thompson, Nate		1	$1,000,000

Trades

MTL

Wood, Miles
2020 4th round pick (BOS)

NJD

Kulak, Brett

Buried

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$76,897,976	$0	$3,137,500	$4,602,024

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 2	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	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
Domi, Max $5,800,000$5,800,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
		Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Evans, Jake $850,000$850,000 C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 6	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 6
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 1
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 2	Mete, Victor $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Juulsen, Noah $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
Weal, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 1
Thompson, Nate $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1

Sep. 19, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

Kotkaniemi15

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Joined: Jun. 2017

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I’d much rather keep Kulak than take on Wood’s salary. We can trade him for a pick next offseason, or he gets chosen by Seattle. Both are preferable to taking on extra salary when we are in an extremely tight spot cap-wise.

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