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Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 18, 2022
Published: Jul. 18, 2022
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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2$900,000
3$2,750,000
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1$3,000,000
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    1. Compher, J.T.
    2. Girard, Samuel
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    Avs save 3.3M in can space and get 2 players with good term and money and habs get a top 4 RD and an asset for trade deadline
    COL
    1. Edmundson, Joel
    2. Evans, Jake
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    Enans is poor man's lehkonen of sort, good term and cap hit very survivable and gives a 100% effort every night
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    MTL
    1. 2023 2nd round pick (CGY)
    2. 2025 4th round pick (CGY)
    CGY
    1. Dadonov, Evgeni ($2,250,000 retained)
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    23$82,500,000$81,301,666$1,132,500$4,857,500$1,198,334
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 5:22 a.m.
    #51
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    Quoting: Isles5513
    Agreed. Mike Hoffman and his crazy wife/girlfriend are staying in Montreal lmao.


    I actually was pleasantly surprised by his play last year. Like I get that it's not a great contract... But I was told by many fans that he gives up on plays and doesn't back check, but that's not what I saw last season under MSL.

    Not an albatross by any means, but you have to pay to get rid of him in an economy where teams are literally giving away Burns and Pacioretty for free
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:18 a.m.
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    I feel like I lost brain cells reading this thread.

    Avs would decline this fairly quickly IMO. Both Colorado players are better than both of the proposed Montreal players by a fairly significant margin. If the Avs are looking to move on from Girard/Compher to save cap, they’d probably be looking at cheaper options than Edmundson and Evans.
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:24 a.m.
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    Quoting: BigBadBurke
    You make it sound like trades are always fair... what world are you from? I would love to live there


    Romanov for the 13th OA according to Isles fans is now fair and Romanov suddenly became this unbelievable player over the course of the offseason while traveling the Mediterranean sea with his wife.

    3 goals and 10 assists in 79 games last year is worth a 1st yet I heard over and over from Isles fans that they need offence for the 13th OA leading up to the draft.

    New York fan bases are weird.
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:31 a.m.
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    Quoting: turtlemountain
    If the Avs are looking to move on from Girard/Compher to save cap, they’d probably be looking at cheaper options than Edmundson and Evans.


    Who is cheaper than a top4 D at 3.5M for 2 years and available?

    Who is cheaper than a 3rd line center at 1.7M AAV for 3 years and available?

    Might not be fair in your opinion but Edmundson and Evans are valuable members of the team, young, cheap and effective. I see Oilers fans trading for Evans on every ACGM because he's so valuable on a cap team.
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:37 a.m.
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    Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
    Who is cheaper than a top4 D at 3.5M for 2 years and available?

    Who is cheaper than a 3rd line center at 1.7M AAV for 3 years and available?

    Might not be fair in your opinion but Edmundson and Evans are valuable members of the team, young, cheap and effective. I see Oilers fans trading for Evans on every ACGM because he's so valuable on a cap team.


    Edmundson is a bottom pairing guy on just about every team. Evans is a replacement level 4th liner (although he’s young so he may be able to put it together).

    I’m not saying that there’s not value for Edmundson/Evans in the league. But that value is less than Girard and Compher.
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:42 a.m.
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    Quoting: jonh514

    Not an albatross by any means, but you have to pay to get rid of him in an economy where teams are literally giving away Burns and Pacioretty for free


    You cant treat every trade in a vacuum.

    Toews got 2 2nds. Romanov got a 1st.

    Toews is 10 times the defenceman of Romanov. Context matters

    Vegas gave away Fleury as well just to fit in the cap. Hawks then got assets for the same player at the TDL. The offseason is always harder to move money compared to the TDL where retaining money is easier as the cap space accrues. Team context matters.

    Grier is a 1st time GM that just got humbled, badly. Bad trades happen.

    Sometimes you just dont have the leverage. Holland and Drury both 'overpaid' to dump Kassian and Nemeth but it was necessary not to lose better pieces.

    Context matters always.
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 7:46 a.m.
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    Quoting: turtlemountain
    Edmundson is a bottom pairing guy on just about every team. Evans is a replacement level 4th liner (although he’s young so he may be able to put it together).

    I’m not saying that there’s not value for Edmundson/Evans in the league. But that value is less than Girard and Compher.


    I didnt say they were more valuable but calling Edmundson a bottom pair guy when he's been paired on the top 2 pairs the last few years isnt correct. He had an unbelievable season with Petry in 2021 finishing 5th in the NHL in plus/minus and playing in every situation.
    You are either not being truthful or you dont know the player well enough

    Evans at worst is played as your 4th line center that can move up in the lineup. AT 1.7M with cost certainty for 3 years. You make it sound like he's not an everyday nhl'r. He is very valuable. That cost certainty adds to his play on the ice and makes him attractive to a team capped out that needs to shed a top9 player to fit in other top6 players. We've seen it before.

    Is it a fair trade? Who knows. Fair trade is a fan made concept. Gms arent looking to deceive other GMs otherwise then they wouldnt do business together again. But it certainly gives Colorado flexibility in a tight market where they will have no choice but to shed a player like Girard next year to fit MacK.
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:00 a.m.
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    Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
    I didnt say they were more valuable but calling Edmundson a bottom pair guy when he's been paired on the top 2 pairs the last few years isnt correct. He had an unbelievable season with Petry in 2021 finishing 5th in the NHL in plus/minus and playing in every situation.
    You are either not being truthful or you dont know the player well enough

    Evans at worst is played as your 4th line center that can move up in the lineup. AT 1.7M with cost certainty for 3 years. You make it sound like he's not an everyday nhl'r. He is very valuable. That cost certainty adds to his play on the ice and makes him attractive to a team capped out that needs to shed a top9 player to fit in other top6 players. We've seen it before.

    Is it a fair trade? Who knows. Fair trade is a fan made concept. Gms arent looking to deceive other GMs otherwise then they wouldnt do business together again. But it certainly gives Colorado flexibility in a tight market where they will have no choice but to shed a player like Girard next year to fit MacK.


    Edmundson would be a bottom pairing PK guy on every contending team (including Colorado). You can cite +/- from 2 years ago, but his on ice defensive impacts have been poor for most of his career. But yes he has played top 4 minutes before, absolutely true.

    $1.7M for a replacement level 4th liner isn’t exactly great. If you’re a team trying to make smart moves to save cap, paying a guy like $700K more that what a comparable player would get in the market is not a recipe for success. Committing to 4th liners for long term at above market rates doesn’t give a team flexibility.
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:03 a.m.
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    Quoting: turtlemountain
    Edmundson would be a bottom pairing PK guy on every contending team (including Colorado). You can cite +/- from 2 years ago, but his on ice defensive impacts have been poor for most of his career. But yes he has played top 4 minutes before, absolutely true.

    $1.7M for a replacement level 4th liner isn’t exactly great. If you’re a team trying to make smart moves to save cap, paying a guy like $700K more that what a comparable player would get in the market is not a recipe for success. Committing to 4th liners for long term at above market rates doesn’t give a team flexibility.


    So you're saying Edmundson would be a bottom pair guy on Colorado??! I agree. And isnt that an asset instead of Jack Johnson?

    Calling Evans overpaid is just dumb. They gave away Poehling a legit throwaway 4th line center at 750k. Evans if he was overpaid would have been the throwaway to the Pens in the Petry deal
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:15 a.m.
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    Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
    So you're saying Edmundson would be a bottom pair guy on Colorado??! I agree. And isnt that an asset instead of Jack Johnson?

    Calling Evans overpaid is just dumb. They gave away Poehling a legit throwaway 4th line center at 750k. Evans if he was overpaid would have been the throwaway to the Pens in the Petry deal


    Edmundson would be a bottom pair guy on most contending teams in the league, not just Colorado.

    Not sure how the Pittsburgh trade is relevant. But Poehling sucks lol.

    Example here though: Avs have Logan O’Connor as a 4th liner. Evans and LOC are different players, but overall they’re going to play similar roles on a team’s bottom 6. LOC is signed for $1.05M for the next 3 years. Similar age, same term as Evans. LOC is a valuable player today *because* he is so cheap. If he made $650K more, he would be a trade candidate.
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:21 a.m.
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    Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
    You cant treat every trade in a vacuum.

    Toews got 2 2nds. Romanov got a 1st.

    Toews is 10 times the defenceman of Romanov. Context matters

    Vegas gave away Fleury as well just to fit in the cap. Hawks then got assets for the same player at the TDL. The offseason is always harder to move money compared to the TDL where retaining money is easier as the cap space accrues. Team context matters.

    Grier is a 1st time GM that just got humbled, badly. Bad trades happen.

    Sometimes you just dont have the leverage. Holland and Drury both 'overpaid' to dump Kassian and Nemeth but it was necessary not to lose better pieces.

    Context matters always.


    So I think we are saying the same thing. The context is that Kessel, Statsny, Niederreiter, Rodrigues, Milano are 5 current unsigned UFAs who are all better than Hoffman and can be had cheaper and possibly for less term.

    So I fail to see how we can get a team to pay us for Hoffman.
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:24 a.m.
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    Quoting: jonh514
    So I think we are saying the same thing. The context is that Kessel, Statsny, Niederreiter, Rodrigues, Milano are 5 current unsigned UFAs who are all better than Hoffman and can be had cheaper and possibly for less term.

    So I fail to see how we can get a team to pay us for Hoffman.


    I dont see Hughes paying to dump players, regardless. That is what he has said over and over. He would have gotten more if he retained on Petry but it's clear he wont take on any salary next 2-3 years.

    Which is exactly everyone's argument here that Colorado would be paying for cap space as Hughes would only take it on if given premium assets which is the new reality of the flat cap world.
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 10:47 a.m.
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    Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
    I didnt say they were more valuable but calling Edmundson a bottom pair guy when he's been paired on the top 2 pairs the last few years isnt correct. He had an unbelievable season with Petry in 2021 finishing 5th in the NHL in plus/minus and playing in every situation.
    You are either not being truthful or you dont know the player well enough

    Evans at worst is played as your 4th line center that can move up in the lineup. AT 1.7M with cost certainty for 3 years. You make it sound like he's not an everyday nhl'r. He is very valuable. That cost certainty adds to his play on the ice and makes him attractive to a team capped out that needs to shed a top9 player to fit in other top6 players. We've seen it before.

    Is it a fair trade? Who knows. Fair trade is a fan made concept. Gms arent looking to deceive other GMs otherwise then they wouldnt do business together again. But it certainly gives Colorado flexibility in a tight market where they will have no choice but to shed a player like Girard next year to fit MacK.


    Someone should explain to turtlemoutain that you don't look at players numbers to decide what pair they are, a bottem pair guy is Someone who can play 12-14 min a night and a top 4 D is Someone who gives you 20+minutes every night vs the top 6 players, and btw that's why romanov costed so much... because he shows at the end of season that he can play 20 plus minutes.
    There's no "cheaper alternative" in free agency who's 6'5 and gives you 20 plus minute's that's a fact
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    Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:49 p.m.
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    Quoting: jonh514
    Thanks for the response sir.

    Rem Pitlick was a UFA... since he was not qualified. He was available on the market and signed for peanuts.

    Kessel, Statsny, Niederreiter, Rodrigues, Milano are 5 current unsigned UFAs who are all better than Hoffman and can be had cheaper.

    You are not wrong about the precedent trades, but this offseason is an example of unprecedented times. Cap space is more valuable than assets who are not stars.


    Kessel and stastny is up for debate, but yeah id take the other 3 instantly over hoff, especially if they come in at less than 4m/yr
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:53 p.m.
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    Quoting: turtlemountain
    Edmundson is a bottom pairing guy on just about every team. Evans is a replacement level 4th liner (although he’s young so he may be able to put it together).

    I’m not saying that there’s not value for Edmundson/Evans in the league. But that value is less than Girard and Compher.


    I don't think anyone is disputing that. If Girard was making 3.5 and Compher was making 1.7, yes this trade looks a bit bad. But you aren't factoring in what the difference in cap means to a team like colorado who won't have much trade ammunition for a while
    Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:58 p.m.
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    Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great
    I dont see Hughes paying to dump players, regardless. That is what he has said over and over. He would have gotten more if he retained on Petry but it's clear he wont take on any salary next 2-3 years.

    Which is exactly everyone's argument here that Colorado would be paying for cap space as Hughes would only take it on if given premium assets which is the new reality of the flat cap world.


    He won't be paying in terms of taking on cap, but as per the Ghost trade, he will be paying a 2nd & 7th rounder minimum to dump hoffman to the yotes, or a team of that nature.
     
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