Patience with the kids

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Created by: Reff

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 13, 2022

Published: Jul. 15, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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In a series of 3 ACGM, here's how I see how Habs are aiming for 2024-2025.

Key is: Don't rush the kids up. Let them get experience in Laval for 40 games, then let's see what happens. Tank another year and aim at another Top 5 pick. Yes, we will have another miserable year.

1. Petry should be traded, many insiders are saying it will be done in the upcoming days/weeks. It would then make space to be cap compliant.
2. Byron should start on IR.
3. Allen could be traded since Price is ready to come back at full health, and I am comfortable with Montembeault as our backup.
4. Hughes will certainly try to get rid of Hoffman this summer. At this point he's a cap dump, and with all our picks in the next few drafts, I would be OK to pay to unload him.
5. Drouin, Dadonov and Byron will get traded at TDL with retention to get some more picks/prospects.
6. Give Slafkovsky 9 games in the NHL, then send him in Laval with 1st line responsabilities. Or send him right away and recall him at end of season.

Laval would then have a solid and balanced team competing for the Calder Cup:

Slafkovsky/Mysak/Ylonen
Harvey-Pinard/Schnarr/Belzile
Heineman/Kidney/Roy
Gignac/Hillis/Teasdale
Condotta/Richard/Stephens

Guhle/Barron
Norlinder/Fairbrother
Xhekaj/Leskinen

Primeau/Poulin

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dach, Kirby	2	$1,800,000
Primeau, Cayden	1	$850,000
Montembeault, Samuel	1	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Stephens, Mitchell		1	$750,000
Richard, Anthony		1	$750,000

Trades

MTL

SEA

Hoffman, Mike

Additional Details:

Anywhere

MTL

DAL

Petry, Jeff

MTL

MIN

Allen, Jake

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$82,500,000	$65,772,499	$1,132,500	$1,270,000	$16,727,501

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Dach, Kirby $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, RW RFA - 4	Dadonov, Evgeni $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Poehling, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 3	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5
Pezzetta, Michael $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 4
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $800,000$800,000 G UFA - 2
Schueneman, Corey $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Bowey, Madison $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1

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

Jul. 15, 2022 at 8:45 a.m.

FanOfAllTeams

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Why don’t you move Gallagher ( if he waives) and Anderson too if rebuilding?

Jul. 15, 2022 at 8:48 a.m.

Reff

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Armia and Gallagher are impossible to move without giving assets right now, they have negative value. I'd rather keep Armia another year and trade him when we can get something in return. Gallagher can be a good mentor for our kids.

For Anderson, it depends on the return, but I'd like to keep him to have a big power forwards 2nd line with Dach and Slajkovsky (see my other 2 ACGM).

Jul. 15, 2022 at 8:50 a.m.

FanOfAllTeams

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Quoting: Reff

Wouldn’t the whole team that isn’t prospect have negative value right now or close to after last season

Jul. 15, 2022 at 8:51 a.m.

Reff

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Quoting: FanOfAllTeams

Wouldn’t the whole team that isn’t prospect have negative value right now or close to after last season

Yup, sadly most of our veterans have negative value right now due to their contracts.

Jul. 15, 2022 at 8:53 a.m.

FanOfAllTeams

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Quoting: Reff

Yup, sadly most of our veterans have negative value right now due to their contracts.

If Petry goes to Dallas for a third after last season and no retention. It would help what you want very well. Slafkovsky got so many bonuses that he will likely player over the slide rule. Nearly 4.5 million a year if he hits all the bonuses.

Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:00 a.m.

Reff

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Quoting: FanOfAllTeams

Yup, key here is no retention. The trade will happen if the return is good enough for Hughes. If it didn't happen already, it must because either Dallas doesn't wanna pay the price for the full salary, or Dallas is willing to give the desired return but with retention. There's no rush to trade him, we just have to wait a little bit more like Sakic did with Duchene.

Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.

FanOfAllTeams

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Quoting: Reff

Petry may not even happen this offseason. They may wait and see if he can play like the previous 3 or so seasons before the risk of 6.25 million for him is taken

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Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:46 a.m.

Wildnochance

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Minnesota declines. We don't need Jake Allen. We aren't committing cap or any asset for him either

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