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Next year - bulding blocks

Created by: MTLaveragefan

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 20, 2023

Published: Mar. 20, 2023

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I am sad to say that If we can't get Bedard or Michkov... Habs will probably pull an Yzerman and draft Reinbacher the young RD ranked in the teens... but predicted to go in the top 10 by some.

Next year will be weird - preventing injuries and consistency will be key to have success. If they can have both... they might make the playoff or finish 12th overall...

But, the future is great:

Hutson is manifesting his inner Adam Fox, grew 2 inches and is playing great.
Slaf, Farrell, Heineman, Roy, Beck, and Mesar keep developping.
a couple big contracts are coming off the book.
Plenty of cap space to exploit

Next season will be an audition for the youth -if they can force KH's hand... he will move other vets.

Edmundson, Anderson and Dvorak will be moved during the summer or at the TD.

I expect KH will try to acquire an extra 1st rounder during the draft with one of those player or with suprising guys like Xhekaj and Harris

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Farrell, Sean	3	$800,000
Davidson, Jared	2	$800,000
Dobes, Jakub	2	$800,000
Pitlick, Rhett	2	$800,000
Smilanic, Ty	2	$800,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole	8	$8,000,000
Gurianov, Denis	2	$2,000,000
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël	2	$1,600,000
Ylönen, Jesse	1	$1,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Reinbacher, David		3	$900,000

Trades

MTL

ANY TEAM - will be moved

CBJ

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
23	$83,500,000	$66,399,166	$1,170,000	$4,195,000	$17,100,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gurianov, Denis $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Caufield, Cole $8,000,000$8,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Ylönen, Jesse $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
		Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($275,000$275K) RD RFA - 1	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3

Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:34 p.m.

TheRealisticGuy

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Why I kept seeing people giving more than a 1 year deal to Gurianov ?
Haven’t we learned yet with Jordan Weal & Rem Pitlick ?
Small sample size isn’t worth giving a player 2 years !
Hoffman is probably unmovable & the players like Chris Wideman, why would the GM trade him ? Kill team chemistry ? Right now this doesn’t look realistic at all

Mar. 20, 2023 at 1:55 p.m.

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Habs aren't drafting Reinbacher with the 4-5-6th overall pick. If Hughes really wants him that badly over Benson/Smith etc, he'll trade down which Im not advocating at all but would be more worth while than simply reaching for Reinbacher.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:14 p.m.

silentfox1

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You might have to pay for someone to take Hoffman.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 2:21 p.m.

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Hoff (50%) & Wide might bring us a '26 3rd max, which I'd be ecstatic about.

If MTL's first pick is in the 8-12 range we might draft Rein but we're not taking him any higher than that. Too many talented players to be reaching that early imo.

Gurianov gets 1yr max if he's lucky.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.

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The minimum that Gurianov will make is $2.9M if the HABS sign him (that is the qualifying offer requirement for his rights). It could be a 1 year deal and also a Two Way offer if Gurianov agrees. He has not played the minimum amount of games to make it a one way offer only.

https://www.capfriendly.com/qualifying-offer-calculator/denis-gurianov/11386

Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:32 p.m.

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Quoting: F50marco

I also believe that the offensive talent in the top 5 is too good to miss out on... however, Grant McCann is at it again, and I tend to give him the benefit of the doubt after he got it right last year and a couple years in a row.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.

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Quoting: silentfox1

You might have to pay for someone to take Hoffman.

sure, a 3rd or fourth round pick - go ahead... he is taking the roster spot of a more deserving kid.

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Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:34 p.m.

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Quoting: BadaBing

2y at 2M - habs can afford it - he is still very young and has got the size AND speed combo we are looking for - hell even for a 3rd or 4th line - I rather have him than Hoffman in the line-up.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:37 p.m.

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Quoting: TheRealisticGuy

more years reduces the AAV - and gives-up a nicer timeline to revaluate.

Wideman will be traded in the summer to any team looking for a 7th defender- he's making league minimum - he could even be sent down to Laval as a waiver.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 5:05 p.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Just give Gurianov is QO, we have space. 1 year MAXIMUM

Wideman is very well liked from the players, so I highly doubt he gets move or being sent down. It’s possible, I just personally don’t see it

Mar. 20, 2023 at 5:15 p.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Right? What do you mean right a couple years in a row?

Mar. 20, 2023 at 5:32 p.m.

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Comparing Hutson to Adam Fox is going to leave you massively disappointed

Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:07 p.m.

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Quoting: F50marco

Right? What do you mean right a couple years in a row?

Heiskanen before Patrick - he's got a couple right call.

Mar. 20, 2023 at 9:25 p.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Heiskanen before Patrick - he's got a couple right call.

Eh I think for every "right call" he's got a couple bad ones he conveniently doesn't bring up. There is a reason he is no longer an NHL scout.

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Mar. 20, 2023 at 11:46 p.m.

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Drafting Reinbacher would be some galaxy brain nonsense. I doubt Hughes pulls an ACGM move where they are doing things to do things like trading Hutson or Xhekaj for scraps/pieces they dont need.

There are much better defenseman with higher ceiling in 2024 draft. This is not the year to reach on a defenseman with the caliber of forwards available

Mar. 20, 2023 at 11:48 p.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Grant McCagg also said Dylan Strome would be a better player than Mcdavid. He says a lot of things. Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:01 a.m.

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Quoting: F50marco

Eh I think for every "right call" he's got a couple bad ones he conveniently doesn't bring up. There is a reason he is no longer an NHL scout.

meh probably

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:02 a.m.

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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great

Grant McCagg also said Dylan Strome would be a better player than Mcdavid. He says a lot of things. Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn.

That's a fake tweet my friend - people were trying to slander McCann on Twitter.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:09 a.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

2y at 2M - habs can afford it - he is still very young and has got the size AND speed combo we are looking for - hell even for a 3rd or 4th line - I rather have him than Hoffman in the line-up.

You can`t offer him $2M it needs to be $2.9M (his next contract is a qualifying offer because he is an RFA)

Mar. 21, 2023 at 8:21 p.m.

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

That's a fake tweet my friend - people were trying to slander McCann on Twitter.

I only heard about it's existence and his opinions are all over the place so I believed it. LOL.

Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:23 p.m.

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Quoting: BadaBing

You can`t offer him $2M it needs to be $2.9M (his next contract is a qualifying offer because he is an RFA)

You can offer something else and a player can accept a different offer - basically, the QO is to retain the rights. Pretty sure Gurianov want to ensure an extra year of play.

Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:24 p.m.

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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great

I only heard about it's existence and his opinions are all over the place so I believed it. LOL.

Yeah... he was contreversial, especially ahead of last draft has he really pushed the narative that Wright was gonna fall

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