Mock trade deadline from The Hockey Writers

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Created by: ColonelX

Team: 2022-23 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 20, 2023

Published: Feb. 20, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

https://thehockeywriters.com/canadiens-mock-trade-deadline-hoffman-to-dallas-stars/

Trades

MTL

Gurianov, Denis
Khudobin, Anton
2023 2nd round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

Gurianov is a low-risk / high-reward player, as the Habs can let him walk away as a UFA if he doesn’t show signs of improvement. Worst case scenario, Gurianov becomes a filler for a roster decimated by injuries and continues to underperform, which will keep the Canadiens low in the standings. In a best-case scenario, he becomes a viable and inexpensive third-line winger.
Khudobin would give the Canadiens a veteran goaltender to support Cayden Primeau, especially if Kevin Poulin remains injured.

DAL

Hoffman, Mike

Additional Details:

Dropping Khudobin’s $2.2 million and Gurianov’s $2.9 million as a pending restricted free agent (RFA) would make the Stars fully capable of absorbing Hoffman’s $4.5 million salary without Hughes retaining any. It would also give Dallas nearly $1 million in cap space at the deadline to add another player if they see fit. That sounds like a great deal for the Stars and brings some help to Montreal.

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Buried

Anton Khudobin: $2,208,333 ($3,333,333)

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
21	$82,500,000	$61,139,166	$1,132,500	$720,000	$21,360,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $825,000$825,000 LW, RW RFA - 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
Dadonov, Evgeni $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 3	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Ylönen, Jesse $880,833$880,833 RW, LW RFA - 1	Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Gurianov, Denis $2,900,000$2,900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Belzile, Alex $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 1

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	Allen, Jake $2,875,000$2,875,000 G UFA - 1
	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) RD RFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 2
Harris, Jordan $842,500$842,500 ($507,500$508K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 3
Schueneman, Corey $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 4	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 4
	Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
		Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5
		Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 3
		Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
		Byron, Paul $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
		Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 2
		Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 3
		Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 3

Feb. 20, 2023 at 8:18 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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I think every Habs fan would love to see this happen, just don't think Dallas would consider Hoffman enough of an upgrade to take on Hoffman.

If they miss out on other players and Hoffman becomes their fall back, sure but a long shot

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Feb. 20, 2023 at 8:41 a.m.

nintendofan721

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Stars have no need for Mike Hoffman

Feb. 20, 2023 at 9:04 a.m.

ColonelX

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Quoting: nintendofan721

Stars have no need for Mike Hoffman

I'd argue that they do need secondary scoring (Hoffman or any other trade bait) considering they're midle of the pack for goals per game and PP%. Olofsson and Karlström didn't move the needle much in their short stints while Kiviranta, Faksa and Glendening didn't do much all year. I see where THW are coming from by suggesting this trade, Dallas doesn't own their 1st and 3rd this year while having next to none cap space so they're out of any big name rentals. Puljujärvi could be an option but Edmonton won't take back cap so to me they'd be looking at guys like Hoffman, Barbashev and Lafferty, althought the two latter might come at a slight premium considering it'd be an intra division trade.

Feb. 20, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.

SlevinKalevra

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Montreal would have to take Faksa to make the long term cap work. Even if you swapped Fox for Dobby I’d still rather keep the second. We need somebody that can create and drive play for Segs and Marchie. Not a power play pylon

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