Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: May 16, 2022

Published: May 16, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

We wont tank for Bedard
But we also wont add UFA's to expedite a Rebuild


Price will remain as Allen's Back Up
He'll either gain some stability in that knee or he wont
Best way to find out is to play him before we decide to re-sign Allen
If Price goes on IR then IMO Allen/Primeau is the duo
Dobes in the AHL after next year as NCAA limited Schedule is hard on Goalie Development as seen in Primeau who's good for 1-2 games but doesnt have the conditioning or experience for long road trips where he racks up L'S

I think Selling off Pending UFA's makes sense
But i also moving out Hoffman or Savard isnt worth the cost
They both offer something unlike an Alzner so keeping them is still very much an option.
Armia had a bad year but it made sense with IR then covid then IR then New Coach all after not 1 but both his long time Centers got traded after a SCF run where his line was 2nd only to Suzuki's in offense.


Gally i know people want to trade,But i wont be doing that.
To them i say you can leave now if thats a problem
Although i think this team can compete
Its being built so its 100% on the youth and their veterans
If injuries happen its on them to step up with the stocked Laval Talent we got.


All that aside here's my Logic:

Dvorak under MSL has 17pts in 22 games after returning from IR to a new coach in MSL. His Faceoffs hit another League Leading level in those 22 games with 211/364 faceoffs with a 72.5% Faceoff Win Rate. He's a Left handed Draw behind 2 Right Handed Centers and he'll destroy bottom 6 competition like Sissons has for years in NSH at the bare minimum



If i got Wright and Suzuki Longterm Dvorak at his Cap with that Production is a Wet Dream Scenario. Plus the amount you can sell him off for as a pending UFA later rises as he rebounds under MSL on a team trending in the right position.

Centers all 25 or under who make 15m combined for atleast 3 years
Not Garbage Centers either we're talking 2nd only to LAK kinda depth
Now i did bring in Faksa to take Draws but Poehling is the Center there
He's just so bad at Faceoffs in the Defense Zone MSL stopped letting him take them
Faksa is one of the best DZ FO Centers in the NHL and available to teach Poehling

As Poehling adapts he'll be moved to Center full time
Until then its the Shaw Treatment he did with Chucky,Danault and Domi
He takes the draws then moves to wing until they dont need him to anymore

This gives MTL maximum time with Possession taking the Pressure of the young developing D Core while also building up the values of Faksa Dvorak who will both be up around the same time and will train their replacements. (Dvorak will train Kidney IMO and Faksa will Poehling)

Our Dcore is what it is
They have to Emerge as we have many LD and only 1 spot long term as is
If they want top 4 they'll have to push Petry out as he's the only top 4 capable player that wants out unless as we can always just move Eddy to 3rd pair with Savard

Xhekaj gets in over everyone else as he's an over achiever with a high compete level who can step into any role playing the most or the least minutes. He's exploded offensively since mastering his Weber like Cannon's Accuracy. While he may not be as accurate as Weber him now hitting the net has resulted in a lot more rebounds and therefore Offensive zone Time. More then that he's just as Physical and likely to Block a Shot as Weber also around the same size.

MTL's blessed as Struble and him are the same age still really young and will be just entering their prime as Romanov,Harris and Barron will become Veterans in their late 20's. Along with Mailloux and Ghule it gives MTL a 2nd wave that's deeper then the first with honorable mentions like Norlinder and Gawankee being left out as they're more Matt Taormina types who was a top AHL D into his mind 30s but that was really the threshold.


Could MTL go on a Cup Run ?
Sure as we're left in a position to be strong at the TDL whether we're buyers or sellers

Could MTL get the 1st OA pick again?
Sure for the same reason but why bother with the depth we have coupled with the picks we'll make this year just on there's a slim chance we'll be one of the few to get back to back 1st OA picks

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