Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 9, 2021

Published: Jul. 9, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Missing the playoffs is a high chance. What they did in the playoffs was amazing and they deserve all the credit. However they have been a meh regular season team. I won't be surprised if that continues. It will be worse since Florida is good now and Ottawa is getting better. The Metro continues to have at least 5 strong teams. (Carolina probably win the Metro, Pittsburgh/Washington not rebuilding yet, Philly supposed to make the playoffs in an even year, Islanders are always there despite not the best regular season record, the Rangers should be better with Gerald Gallant).
Tatar is most likely gone. Danault is a question mark. He will probably be overpaid if Bergvien keeps him. The offence for Danault wasn't there compared to prior seasons. Gallagher had a rough playoffs. Honestly that contract could age bad. He started the season on the second pp unit. Did manage 14 goals, but only 2 goals in the playoffs. KK is a mystery...He'll look amazing in a stretch of games then look like complete trash in another stretch of games. He did play better than last year, but still? The 3rd overall pick from 2018 is still disappointing after a solid rookie season. Drouin has struggled to score goals. 2 goals in 44 games and 1 goal in 10 games in the bubble. Suzuki sucks at face-offs. Corey Perry deserves more than league min. Toffoli won't get to play the Canucks like 9 times. so don't expect another 40-45 goal pace. It showed in the playoffs. Only 5 goals. The Canadiens did struggle with goal scoring in the playoffs. Suzuki was there lead goal scorer with 7 goals in 22 games. They didn't have a legit goal scorer. The defence needs work. Too many mistakes. It's going to be tough.