Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 16, 2022

Published: Apr. 16, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Literally put the Year in the Title and people commenting cant be bothered to read it SMH
That's whats wrong with this Generation, they dont listen they only Speak
I may not always Agree but i atleast post in Context to the post i'm commenting on. . .
1 time i expected, 2 times gets a little surprising but 3+ you got to say something
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Lets be clear not everyone will agree
Im basing my logic on Hughes expressed desire to not rush development
Instead of Stockpiling just Quality Picks he opted to acquire a Quality Prospect and a low pick over getting a higher pick. He wants to layer things with people in all League's and with MTL having top players in all from NCCA to Junior, Liiga to SHL all the way to DEL and KHL. So some players like Josh Roy most people will riot over not being a Starter yet should know Roy will finish out his Junior season like Suzuki as a 21 year old then join MTL at the end of this season i'm doing now or start of next season.

There's others you'll question but just assume if you dont see them and i didnt trade them
That there likely being developed somewhere else for now in favor of Competing now
We can sell off our pending UFA's along the way unless we're serious contenders
It will raise all the Veterans value before they join stanley cup teams

I'm trying to build this how i think Hughes would based on his Public Statement coupled with his moves thus far. Some moves i'd love to make i just dont think are realistic i'll ignore like Savard, Andy, Gally,ext . as i think only as pending UFA's will have more value to MTL then what they'll get in return.


Some of these Signings will have term based on Time Remaining
Details of deals will be listed below since i cant retro actively sign contracts lol


-Pezzetta = tail end of a 2 year deal

-Pitlcik = signed a deal for 4 years at 2.45 with a full NMC year 1 and 10 team list after that

-Caufield= signed a 8 year 6.45m deal with 80% paid in Signing Bonus like Price's and a Full NMC the first 4 years and after that a 20 team no trade list

-Condotta= In year 2/2 on deal this season in the role Pezzetta used to hold down

-Harris = Signed bridge deal 3 years for 3.5m but will take how 6-8m as a UFA IMO

-RHP= In year 1/3 year of deal but will likely stay in Laval unless injuries happen

-Primeau= in year 2/2 year deal with Dobes behind him in Laval pushing

-Romanov= In year 2/2 in a deal signed for 2 years at 2.85m and 2m in signing bonus's.
Will sign a long term deal for likely 4-6m as a Defensive D unless he breaks out offensively then similar to Harris's pay structure

-Schnarr= in year 2/3 on a 3 year 900k deal that will see him play 4th line Center

-Schunenman = in year 2/2 for 900k on a bridge deal. If he plays as well as he has so far he'll likely leave as a UFA after this as Mailloux will be entering the picture soon after.

-Teasdale- In year 1/2 on a 900k contract and will be top AHL call up at this point hopefully

-Ylonen = In year 1/2 on a 1.1m bridge contract to play bottom 6 NHL



Montreal Canadiens 2022 Draft pick will Debut
Unlike most i think MTL drafts Slafkvosky or Nemec unless they win 1st OA(which in this scenario they do not)
I think MTL takes Patrik Laine Lite who plays a similar game without the Chip on his shoulder
Paired with Suzuki-Caufield he add's Size and Goal Scoring without sacrificing Speed



Stapley i left for last as i am not Sure MTL signs him as much as i think Laval Rocket does to an AHL deal and he earns his way up to MTL. That said its unlikely so i left it for last as he's likely to have atleast 1 NHL team offer him a contract. That said i said the same thing about Matthew Bradley and Justin Azevedo so im covering my arse lol

All the RFA's i left as its already informations overload
Just assume anyone that isnt about to be a pending free agent in summer 2022 has been signed before their rights expire(for the most part as it stands now before the draft after rights expire whats left is about 75% good and worthy of NHL/AHL deals)


Its also important to note keeping some prospects down will only stay they way until they're ready to push out a Veteran like with Slafkvosky pushing out Hoffman or Barron pushing out Petry when he was ready. By then Reserve Players will be turning pro looking to replace those called up to the NHL creating a system where there's less talent wasted fighting for limited spots in the AHL only.

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