TDL This Year Thoughts on how to turn this team into an actual contender

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Created by: habs12345

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 18, 2021

Published: Mar. 18, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

3 trades that should be relatively fair. Might need to tweak them a bit.

Bring Caufield in and have him play with Danault and Rakell. This will be a dangerous 3rd line and will shield him enough for his NHL debut.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole		3	$925,000

Trades

MTL

Rakell, Rickard

ANA

Brook, Josh
Tatar, Tomas
Vejdemo, Lukas
2021 1st round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Tatar included in the deal to make cap space, but also to give Ducks back a useful player for the rest of the season. Could try to sign him. Rumours are that the Ducks would want a good prospect + a 1st. I included 2 prospects with potential, plus a first plus Tatar instead.

MTL

2021 7th round pick (OTT)

OTT

Byron, Paul
2021 3rd round pick (WSH)
2021 4th round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

Third and fourth round pick to have the Sens take Byron off of our hands. He could be a good veteran presence on a fast and young Ottawa team. And he's from the area.

MTL

Ekholm, Mattias

NSH

Mete, Victor
Poehling, Ryan
2021 2nd round pick (MTL)
2021 3rd round pick (CHI)

Additional Details:

A good prospect in Poehling, a good bottom pair D, and 2 picks this season. Can replace them with a 2nd from 2022 if preferred as there will be more time to scout players next year.

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $3,958,333

Buried

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

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$72,319,448	$0	$3,137,500	$9,180,552

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 4	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 1
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 2	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $3,083,333$3,083,333 C UFA - 1	Caufield, Cole $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Armia, Joel $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $750,000$750,000 C UFA - 2
Lehkonen, Artturi $2,400,000$2,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1		Perry, Corey $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Ekholm, Mattias $3,750,000$3,750,000 LD/RD 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
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 2
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Lindgren, Charlie $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Frolík, Michael $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 1
Olofsson, Gustav $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Dauphin, Laurent $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:33 p.m.

hwjw

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That package isn't close for Ekholm.

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

sensonfire

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Anaheim accepts.

Ottawa declines.

Not the right package for Ekholm.

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

Habs4ever

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The biggest problem is the border/quarantine. Let's say these trades go through, they then have to go 14 full days in quarantine, which equals 6 to 8 games. This translates into possibly missing the playoff's!

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

habs12345

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Quoting: Habs4ever

You'd only be losing Tatar from the main roster. So in theory that is less of a concern than actually getting these players.

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

habs12345

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Quoting: sensonfire

Anaheim accepts.

Ottawa declines.

Not the right package for Ekholm.

What kind of package would be needed for Ekholm?

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

habs12345

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Quoting: hwjw

That package isn't close for Ekholm.

What kind of package is needed?

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

TheBoyDuddus

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I promise it’ll at least take a 2nd to get someone to eat Byron’s contract, maybe even more because of the flat cap

Mar. 18, 2021 at 3:50 p.m.

Habs4ever

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Quoting: habs12345

You'd only be losing Tatar from the main roster. So in theory that is less of a concern than actually getting these players.

I just know Bergevin will not go for that. He has said in English and in French he does not want to lose 6 to 8 games of not having those players play. He also said they are inquiring to see if the 14 days will drop to 7 days.

Mar. 18, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.

TooMalevolent

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It would be terrible for Nashville if they got less for Ekholm than what the ducks get for RR.

Mar. 18, 2021 at 6:42 p.m.

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PLDGEY

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OTT declines.

3rd + 4th, taking a 7th back is not enough. If you retain 1M OTT would accept that deal.

Otherwise, you need to up the pick value.

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