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Created by: MountRoyal

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 28, 2022

Published: Jan. 31, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Most Habs except Lehkonen are playing so badly that they are diminishing their trade value with every passing game. I still have some hope that Gorton and Hughes can squeeze some value out of the 2022 TDL and 2022 draft all the same. The eastern conference playoff race is basically set but the west is bit more wide open for the last couple playoff spots which will create a bit of a bidding war for certain players. Some contracts (Hoffman, Gallagher, Petry, Price) are all but untrade-able without major retention or bringing back even worse contracts. Hoffman could probably be easily moved if necessary at the TDL in his third and final year but I think he is around one more full season.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Harris, Jordan		3	$975,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Pezzetta, Michael	2	$850,000
Pitlick, Rem	2	$1,250,000
Romanov, Alexander	2	$1,875,000
Lehkonen, Artturi	5	$3,250,000
Teasdale, Joël	2	$850,000
Schueneman, Corey	2	$900,000
Primeau, Cayden	3	$950,000
Vejdemo, Lukas	1	$950,000
Brook, Josh	2	$850,000
Belpedio, Louis	1	$900,000
Clague, Kale	2	$875,000
Niku, Sami	1	$875,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Wright, Shane		3	$975,000

Trades

MTL

2022 1st round pick (MTL)

ARI

2022 1st round pick (CAR)

MTL

2022 2nd round pick (NYI)
2022 2nd round pick (PHI)
2024 5th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Weber, Shea
2022 2nd round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Assuming he doesn't officially retire, Weber's cap hit vs actual salary is very attractive to the Coyotes. In a deal somewhat similar to the Datsyuk deal, the Coyotes move up a couple spots in the draft (the first selection in round 2), but trade draft volume back to the Habs in exchange.

MTL

2022 4th round pick (NSH)
2023 2nd round pick (NSH)

Additional Details:

Picks with performance conditions. If the Preds make the Western Conference finals and Drouin plays 50% + of the games, the 2022 4th becomes a 2nd. If Drouin scores fewer than 25 points in 2022-2023, season, the 2023 pick becomes a 3rd.

NSH

Drouin, Jonathan ($2,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

At 2022 TDL. Drouin could probably only be moved with significant retention and with performance conditions on the return as well. For 1.5 seasons at 3.5 million and in an opportunity to play in a lower pressure environment, Drouin might be a shrewd add for a team like Nashville hoping to surprise in the playoffs without giving up their future.

MTL

2023 5th round pick (EDM)
2024 4th round pick (EDM)

EDM

2024 7th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

2022 TDL for Kulak and Perreault, with cap dump Turris coming the other way.

MTL

2023 1st round pick (WSH)

WSH

2022 4th round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

2022 TDL - Chiarot with 50% retention. Not necessarily Washington, just some playoff bound team. Chiarot makes sense as a minute eating physical presence on an already talented team, as when he thrived in the 2021 playoffs.

Retained Salary Transactions

Jonathan Drouin: $2,000,000 (36.36%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$73,053,749	$1,132,500	$1,270,000	$8,446,251

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lehkonen, Artturi $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 5	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Poehling, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Wright, Shane $975,000$975,000	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Hoffman, Mike $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 3	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3	Pitlick, Rem $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 4
Romanov, Alexander $1,875,000$1,875,000 LD RFA - 3	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 3
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Harris, Jordan $975,000$975,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 1
Poolman, Tucker $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Pezzetta, Michael $850,000$850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Hamonic, Travis $3,000,000$3,000,000 ($1,875,000$2M$1,875,000$2M) RD UFA - 1

Jan. 31, 2022 at 4:53 p.m.

Commonsense27

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 741

Likes: 297

Edited Jan. 31, 2022 at 6:03 p.m.

Smart with Arizona. They will love his contract since the actaul cap hit is way more than the actual salary for the remainder of his career.

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Jan. 31, 2022 at 4:54 p.m.

keller9

Ayy yo

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 355

Likes: 67

o.O stop please Gallagher value is not that much.
no body is willing to pay 6mil for a 3rd-4rth liner

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Jan. 31, 2022 at 4:57 p.m.

yeboi6

CUP OR BUST

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 750

Likes: 365

canucks arent trading a first and a second to take on ur 6 million dollar problem

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Jan. 31, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,336

Likes: 25,254

Quoting: rell1k

o.O stop please Gallagher value is not that much.
no body is willing to pay 6mil for a 3rd-4rth liner

Quoting: yeboi6

canucks arent trading a first and a second to take on ur 6 million dollar problem

It's NOT a 6-million-dollar problem. It's a $34-million-over-5-years, $8-million-in-2023/2024, $9-million-in-2024/2025 problem.

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Jan. 31, 2022 at 5:50 p.m.

MountRoyal

Thread Starter

Flood Geologist

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 448

Likes: 232

Quoting: rell1k

o.O stop please Gallagher value is not that much.
no body is willing to pay 6mil for a 3rd-4rth liner

Meh, I could take it out, it was the last trade I threw in there,.

Jan. 31, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.

gary_bettman

IamAlwaysRight

Joined: Sep. 2021

Posts: 2,681

Likes: 1,321

Gallagher is not netting a positive return lol not without a sweetener or retention

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Jan. 31, 2022 at 6:31 p.m.

Yotes269

Joined: Apr. 2021

Posts: 2,173

Likes: 1,000

You’re not getting positive value on Weber’s contract. I don’t know what fantasy land habs fans live in, but Arizona isn’t bailing you out of your cap situation and paying you to do it

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Jan. 31, 2022 at 7:11 p.m.

MountRoyal

Thread Starter

Flood Geologist

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 448

Likes: 232

Quoting: Yotes269

You’re not getting positive value on Weber’s contract. I don’t know what fantasy land habs fans live in, but Arizona isn’t bailing you out of your cap situation and paying you to do it

They made nearly the same trade before with Datsyuk (they traded the 20th at 53rd picks for the 16ht overall an Datsyuk's contract)... Arizona moves up in the draft to get the equivalent of a late first rounder (32 overall) in exchange for what might be the 40th and 42nd overall. So they get value in having a better shot at a good player in exchange for one less pick. They also get a contrat with a big cap hit to help them reach the floor, but with very few dollars paid out in actual fact, so a huge win. They can claim 7.8 million against the cap for the next 4 years while only having to pay Weber 6 million over those 4 years. Considering their precarious financial status, that is really good value.

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