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Created by: sim123

Team: 2021-22 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 14, 2021

Published: Jul. 14, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Explanations:
•Danault gets a similar contract to Eriksson Ek and Nugent-Hopkins
•Kotkaniemi signs a transition contract
• Lehkonen's contract terms are a bit long but the cap hit is good
•Perry accepts to sign for only 1 million
•Coleman is overpay but he is a Stanley Cup champion and I would love to have a player like him in my team
•Their is no cap space to sign Armia
•Bernier is a good veteran backup but I am not convinced that he can do the job. He is still cheap and they are not a lot of good UFA goalie this year
•Merill and Gustafsson will be replaced by Romanov and Fleury. I think that they are ready to play some big minutes and would be a good robust third pair

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fleury, Cale	1	$750,000
Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	2	$2,250,000
Poehling, Ryan	2	$900,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	6	$2,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Danault, Phillip	6	$5,250,000
Perry, Corey	1	$1,000,000
Coleman, Blake	6	$4,250,000
Bernier, Jonathan	2	$1,500,000

Trades

MTL

Drouin needs a fresh start and I think Seattle would be a good fit for him. I dont think his value is high and as a Montreal fan I would just be happy to let him go and make space for other players

SEA

MTL

Gourde, Yanni

Additional Details:

Gourde is certainly a guy that Tampa want to keep but with their cap situation they will have to let go some big salaries. The first pick could help to protect important player like Cernak in the expansion draft and force Seattle to select Johnson. Plus Evans is a valuable player that can play a bottom six role. At 25 he can still improve his game and has a good contract.

TBL

Evans, Jake
2021 1st round pick (MTL)

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $1,958,333

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	$70,536,786	$597,561	$1,475,000	$10,963,214

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Danault, Phillip $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 6	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6
Poehling, Ryan $900,000$900,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Suzuki, Nick $863,333$863,333 ($537,500$538K) C UFA - 1	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($300,000$300K) LW, RW UFA - 2
Coleman, Blake $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 6		Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
	Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Lehkonen, Artturi $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 5
	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Chiarot, Ben $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Fleury, Cale $750,000$750,000 RD RFA - 1	Bernier, Jonathan $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 2
Romanov, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($637,500$638K) LD RFA - 1
Kulak, Brett $925,000$925,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Jul. 14, 2021 at 2:43 p.m.

BorisBagels211

BorisBagel

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take out the 1st, Tampa retains $2M and Habs might consider... but Kotkaniemi on the 4th line?1?!

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Jul. 14, 2021 at 2:47 p.m.

MG1986

#LeafsFever

Joined: May 2017

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This Habs run reminds me a lot of the 2017 Ottawa Senators. One win away from the Stanley Cup finals that season and every year since they have basically been a top-5 worst team in the NHL. While I hope the Habs don't take that substantial a dip like their Canadian counterpart, I have a tremendously hard time believing that they will make the playoffs in 2021-22 considering how much better the Lightning, Bruins and Panthers all seem to be, and that's even including the playoff-bust Leafs.

Jul. 14, 2021 at 2:56 p.m.

Shanesaw9

Habs 2010

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Evans and a 1st to help TB's cap situation is a joke.

Jul. 14, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Fergy22

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that Gourde trade is not bad , Evans came into his own the last half of the season. You may need to add another in addition to that pick , like a 2023 3rd
if the Habs signed Coleman as well that would be a tough line to play against with Gourde at center and Anderson on RW.

Jul. 14, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

sim123

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Quoting: BorisBagels211

take out the 1st, Tampa retains $2M and Habs might consider... but Kotkaniemi on the 4th line?1?!

I think the main point for the Lightning in this transaction is to free up some cap space. But maybe a first round pick is too much considering Gourde’s contract.

Jul. 14, 2021 at 3:02 p.m.

Fergy22

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Quoting: Shanesaw9

Evans and a 1st to help TB's cap situation is a joke.

it's 30th overall , fair offer IMO

Jul. 14, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

Shanesaw9

Habs 2010

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Quoting: Fergy22

it's 30th overall , fair offer IMO

It's $4.4M in cap space habs can do a lot better with that in free agency without giving up Evans and a 1st. It's terrible.

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Jul. 14, 2021 at 5:04 p.m.

BorisBagels211

BorisBagel

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Quoting: sim123

I think the main point for the Lightning in this transaction is to free up some cap space. But maybe a first round pick is too much considering Gourde’s contract.

unless Tampas retains, they should send Habs a 1st rounder to pay for cap dumping

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