Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 10, 2023

Published: Mar. 10, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

If the Habs pick in the top 2 then obviously Bedard or Fantilli would probably be on this roster, but I assume that's not happening.

Dubois trade breakdown
- The trade only works if Dubois acts a little bratty and makes it clear that he will sign nowhere but Montreal, and that he's ending up there no matter what. Otherwise MTL lose leverage and the Jets ask goes up.
- This is working with the assumption that Winnipeg wants to keep their window open and isn't going to start selling off assets.
- Anderson would be a great addition to the Jets middle-six, as long as they understand his game. He is a play driver with great straight line speed, but as such he tends to be somewhat individualistic when on the rush. He needs to play with more skilled players to involve him around the net when in the o-zone, something that he thrived with in his first season in MTL but hasn't gotten since.
- Edmundson needs to be healthy for the trade to go through.
- Edmundson (and defensemen like him) is starting to become massively undervalued by fans but I believe that GMs still see his value. He is a steady, physical, play-killing #4 defenseman that will shore up your top 4, with the keyword being steady. He is not the play driver on a top 4 pair, but he is very effective with a mobile partner in the d-zone and his type of game is extremely important in the playoffs as has been proven time and time again. Kills play well, and has a very good first pass. He definitely hasn't lost his ability to skate as he's aged. Plus, he's a two-time SC finalist (grrr intangibles grrr).
- I think that he can complement Morrissey, Pionk, and Schmidt nicely while being better defensively than Stanley and Dillon.
- This also doesn't saddle the Jets with an enormous financial commitment, they're only adding 500k to the salary cap when compared to the contract I gave Dubois (who would probably ask for even more in WPG), but that's also two roster spots vs just one. Edmundson's deal is only for one more year. If the season goes haywire, there will 100% be a market for him at the TDL and there would have been this year if he wasn't hurt. Anderson is a bigger risk with his term (4 years), but the Jets have the room and his deal will hurt less as the cap increases. He's a rare breed in the NHL, and he commands more money because of it. His buyout from 2025 is also manageable for a rebuilding team if necessary.
- Kidney is looking like a very solid B prospect with a middle-six future, but the caveat is that his high production is coming from the Q. If the Jets believe that some of his offense will translate to the next level, then he's got a good amount of value. If not, sub him out for another prospect.
- A 1st rounder that will probably land anywhere from 11-16. Very valuable. Can be used to pick a PLD replacement in a stacked draft for forwards or flipped for someone to replace his offense (ie. packaged with a spare dman for Reinhart?). Ditto for the 2nd.

I trade to make the trade fair in value considering the circumstances, without just throwing in any spare pieces we had. I acknowledge that I'm not a Jets fan and don't know their needs as well as I maybe should.

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