Tearing it Down to the Studs

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Created by: OldNYIfan

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 15, 2022

Published: Aug. 15, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

THIS IS NOT AN EFFORT TO CREATE A ROSTER FOR THIS SEASON OR THE 2023-2024 SEASON. It's simply an experiment on trying to identify assets that should be key parts of the impending and ongoing rebuild. I've tried to limit the main roster to players who will definitely be on the team going forward plus prospects who have a good chance at being top-6 forwards or top-4 defensemen. If I've left anybody out whom you think should be included, please let me know. (For my purposes, it's the point of this exercise.)

The idea here is to illuminate positional depth and identify specific areas of strength (particularly LD) and weakness (notably G, but also LW and RD).

Players shown on the IR list are guys I think are helpful as depth personnel, but certainly aren't key assets.

Players shown on the LTIR list are those who should be gone soon, if only by the expiration of their contracts, and whom I can't see being part of the renaissance.

Draftee signing amounts are intended to reflect my understanding of level of promise. I'd love some education there, too.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mailloux, Logan	3	$925,000
Beck, Owen	3	$900,000
Hutson, Lane	3	$900,000
Struble, Jayden	2	$900,000
Tuch, Luke	3	$900,000
Dobes, Jakub	2	$850,000
Farrell, Sean	3	$850,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Dach, Kirby		2	$2,000,000
Primeau, Cayden		2	$1,000,000

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
28	$82,500,000	$72,764,999	$1,132,500	$5,655,000	$9,735,001

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 3	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW RFA - 4
	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
	Kidney, Riley $859,167$859,167 C RFA - 4	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5
Tuch, Luke $900,000$900,000 LW RFA	Mysak, Jan $828,333$828,333 ($82,500$82K) C, LW RFA - 3	Mesar, Filip $950,000$950,000 RW, C RFA - 4
Farrell, Sean $850,000$850,000 RW, LW RFA - 3	Beck, Owen $900,000$900,000 C RFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 3	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 4
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) RD RFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $1,000,000$1,000,000 G RFA - 3
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Mailloux, Logan $925,000$925,000 RD RFA - 4	Dobes, Jakub $850,000$850,000 G RFA
Harris, Jordan $842,500$842,500 ($507,500$508K) LD/RD RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 2
Hutson, Lane $900,000$900,000 LD RFA
Struble, Jayden $900,000$900,000 LD RFA
Norlinder, Mattias $859,167$859,167 ($82,500$82K) LD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
	Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Dadonov, Evgeni $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
	Pezzetta, Michael $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Hoffman, Mike $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 2
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 2	Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 1

Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:21 p.m.

DirtyDangle

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slaf, suzuki, caufield, mesar, guhle, and barron. everyone else should be negotiable.

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 6:51 p.m.

jonh514

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Can I suggest moving people out?

Tuch, Norlinder, Struble all EXTREMELY suspect to ever make the NHL.

Anderson, Dvorak should be traded within 1 year and I would move them to LTIR.

Dach & Primeau, although not signed, should not be added at RW (not center) and G

Pitlick should be included in the rebuild

EDIT: Fun an engaging post. Thanks!

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 7:01 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: jonh514

Thanks for the helpful input. It was exactly the type of response I was looking for -- especially the reminder that I'd forgotten about Dach.

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:22 p.m.

Daredevil514

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I think you're too high on Tuch. Besides the name his curb of progression shows very little to be excited about. On the other hand, Josh Roy is already making a name for himself without even being 20. I feel like Harvey-Pinard and Ylonen should also be up there somewhere, no chance at a top6 but they both have tools to grown into very effective role players

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:51 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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Quoting: Daredevil514

Thanks for the instructive input. It's always good to be educated by those more knowledgeable than myself, which was the point of the post.

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Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:50 a.m.

ColonelX

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Nissen-Dichow should be considered in goaltending, he's going to play with Rögle this year and if his numbers are as good as they were he could solidify his spot as a solid prospect.

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