DRAFT HONZEK ANDERSON TO WSH 64M DEAL FOR CAUFIELD NEDELJKOVIC ON A 1YR PROVE IT

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Created by: nilees24

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 21, 2023

Published: Mar. 21, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

*SALARY CAP AT 83.5 MILLION
**CAREY PRICE ON LTIR FOR ALL OF 2023/24 SEASON

Draft Results at 2023 NHL Draft (1st 2 rounds):
*7th overall pick - FLYERS trade up and acquire 1.07 in 2023 Draft for Conditional 1st Rd
pick (from FLA) plus 2023 3rd Rd pick (from NYR)
*19th overall pick (from FLA) - Draft Samuel Honzek
*39th overall pick - Draft Noah Dower Nilsson

UFA Departures (2023 Off-Season):
Sean Monahan
Jonathan Drouin
Paul Byron
Anthony Richard
Corey Schueneman
Madison Bowey
Otto Leskinen
Frédéric Allard

Reserve List Departures (2023 Off-Season):
Jack Gorniak
Tony Sund
Frederik Nissen Dichow
Joe Vrbetic

Possible trade candidates at 2023/24 Trade Deadline:
Anthony Mantha - final year of contract
Mike Hoffman - final year of contract
Rem Pitlick - final year of contract
Chris Tierney - final year of contract
Joel Edmundson - final year of contract
Chris Wideman - final year of contract
Alex Nedeljkovic - final year of contract
Samuel Montembeault - final year of contract

Reserve List signings at end of 2023/24 Season or during 2024 Off-Season:
Jakub Dobes - 2 yr / 875k per year
Sean Farrell - 2 yr / 875k per year
Cedrick Guindon - 3 yr / 825k per year
Luke Tuch - 3 yr / 825k per year
Miguël Tourigny - 2 yr / 825k per year

Trade candidates during 2024 Off-Season:
*Carey Price's contract to ARIZ - at 2 years remaining
**Pierre-Luc Dubois acquired from WPG for Sean Farrell, Ty Smilanic, 2025 1st rd Pick (MTL)

Team roster at start of 2024/25 season:
Caufield - Suzuki 'C' - Dach
Slafkovsky - Dubois - Gurianov
Harvey-Pinard - Dvorak - Gallagher 'A'
Armia - Evans - Ylönen
(Simoneau) (Roy)

Matheson 'A' - Guhle
Harris - Barron
Xhekaj - Savard
(Struble) (Kovacevic)

Lankinen (*FA signs 3 yr / 13.5 mill deal) - Allen
(Primeau)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kapanen, Oliver		2	$850,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Caufield, Cole	8	$8,000,000
Gurianov, Denis	2	$3,000,000
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël	1	$850,000
Pezzetta, Michael	1	$850,000
Ylönen, Jesse	1	$850,000
Teasdale, Joël	1	$775,000
Condotta, Lucas	1	$775,000
Stephens, Mitchell	1	$775,000
Beaudin, Nicolas	1	$775,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nedeljkovic, Alex	1	$1,500,000
Tierney, Chris	1	$775,000
Belzile, Alex	1	$775,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Honzek, Samuel		3	$975,000
Dower Nilsson, Noah		3	$975,000

Trades

MTL

Mantha, Anthony

WSH

Anderson, Josh

MTL

2023 3rd round pick (NYR)
2024 1st round pick (FLA)

PHI

2023 1st round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

*Flyers trade up to the 1.07 on the Draft floor.

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
26	$83,500,000	$70,461,666	$1,170,000	$3,920,000	$13,038,334

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $8,000,000$8,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Mantha, Anthony $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
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	Gurianov, Denis $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $850,000$850,000 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
Hoffman, Mike $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2
Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Tierney, Chris $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
		Ylönen, Jesse $850,000$850,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Edmundson, Joel $875,000$875,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

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

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Caufield, C.		Suzuki, N.		Slafkovsky, J.
	Harris, J.		Matheson, M.

Power Play 2
Gurianov, D.		Dach, K.		Hoffman, M.
	Guhle, K.		Edmundson, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dvorak, C.	Armia, J.
	Edmundson, J.	Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Evans, J.	Mantha, A.
	Xhekaj, A.	Harris, J.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:03 p.m.

amigos71

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why would mtl do this?

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:08 p.m.

Andy_Dick

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Quoting: amigos71

why would mtl do this?

They wouldn't!

Despite the ridiculous Anderson hate here. His value is far beyond Mantha and his issues. They'd just keep Anderson, whos actually effective. The whole point of trading Anderson is getting a young asset in their window not a reclamation projection at the same age.

Already saw this draft pick trade before. Just more galaxy brain trading for trading without even knowing the draft positioning.

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:11 p.m.

F50marco

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Trade a top 5 pick this year for a surprise next year and an extra 3rd rounder....... my goodness.

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

nilees24

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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great

Well to be fair I value the cap space more than both players. Anderson's contract would disappear and Mantha has one year remaining and you'd trade him for whatever at the 2023 TDL. I don't care about both players. Plus Mantha is from MTL and on the final year of his deal, meaning he will play his best hockey on the final year of his deal and would want to get paid on his next contract after this upcoming season.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:18 p.m.

nilees24

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Quoting: F50marco

Trade a top 5 pick this year for a surprise next year and an extra 3rd rounder....... my goodness.

they are all magic beans lol picks in general

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:19 p.m.

nilees24

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Quoting: amigos71

why would mtl do this?

they wouldn't of course. This is what I want them to do.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:19 p.m.

Andy_Dick

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Quoting: nilees24

The only way they'd need cap space would be to sign players like PLD. And, if that was the plan, Anderson would stay as he'd be useful if they were trying to buy and compete. It's clearing space without an end game.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:22 p.m.

nilees24

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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great

Fair points. I actually thank Andersons contract is a good contract. He could explode in WSH with 30 goals in 2023 and beyond. All positives for WSH. The rebuild for MTL should extend past next year

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:31 p.m.

OldNYIfan

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The problem with your draft-pick trade is that it isn't trading a 2023 pick (#7) for a 2024 pick -- for the trade to be any good for Montreal, the pick would have to move into 2025 because the 2024 Florida pick is conditional upon not being in the top 10. So Montreal is either getting a later pick than #10 in 2024 or some pick in 2025, which could be even worse. For this idea to make any sense at all from the Habs' PoV, there would have to be additional conditional picks in Montreal's favor.

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:38 p.m.

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nilees24

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Yeah that's probably true. Perhaps replace the 2024 FLA pick from PHI for the Flyers' unconditional 1st Rd pick (2024) would make more sense. I feel these picks are magic beans haha. My feeling is MTL should punt the pick to next years draft.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 9:56 p.m.

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BigBadBurke

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Edited Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:02 p.m.

Quoting: nilees24

they are all magic beans lol picks in general

Guess you haven't been following this years draft much at all then have you

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:14 p.m.

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Campabee

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Quoting: nilees24

they wouldn't of course. This is what I want them to do.

The most pressing question I have is, why do you want them to pass on 1 Generational talent, 1 elite center, 3 top line forwards (2 centers and a winger) and a boat load of top 6/top 4 forwards and D men to select a bottom 6 center at best in Honzek who is likely as many as 3 years away from even making the NHL if he ever does, when all those ahead of him could transition in the next 1-2 years. This is like trading a lottery pick in the McDavid draft for Evgeny Svechnikov, Collin White or Brock Boeser. You just don't do that unless you are trying to lose your job.

Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:22 p.m.

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 10:25 p.m.

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dgibb10

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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great

30 yo Josh anderson at 5.5 million isn't gonna help anyone compete. too expensive to be a bottom 6 player on a contender and not good enough to be a top 6 player on a contender

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 11:10 p.m.

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sammy1414

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Yeah u gotta give a few 1st rounders to unload Anderson's contract, he's a major cap dump. 35 points a season for 5.5 million. You can compare is contract to Jack Campbell's

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Mar. 21, 2023 at 11:24 p.m.

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BorisBagel

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Habs definitely decline

Mar. 21, 2023 at 11:58 p.m.

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Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:48 a.m.

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Andy_Dick

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Quoting: BigBadBurke

Guess you haven't been following this years draft much at all then have you

Outside the top 6 though, I’d agree that the class is overrated.

Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:49 a.m.

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Andy_Dick

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Quoting: sammy1414

Yeah u gotta give a few 1st rounders to unload Anderson's contract, he's a major cap dump. 35 points a season for 5.5 million. You can compare is contract to Jack Campbell's

Absolute nonsense comparing a power forward with 21 goals and even great offensive metrics this season to a struggling goalie.
False equivalency doesn’t do your comment justice. You are comparing an ocean to the desert

And even that struggling goalie wouldn’t need multiple 1sts to dump. No player has ever been dumped for multiple 1sts even OEL got value.
You are saying something that has never ever happened. Maybe do some research

Mar. 22, 2023 at 11:28 a.m.

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F50marco

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Quoting: nilees24

they are all magic beans lol picks in general

I have a thought on that. people who say (not you but GM's, etc) are the ones that ended up sucking at it. The truth is they aren't magic beans at all. Players are what you think they are generally but if you don't develop them properly, they might as well be magic beans. The solution is not stop caring about it but to improve development so that succeed more often. There is a reason some teams are better at drafting than others. Drafting a player is only one part of the process.

Mar. 22, 2023 at 11:29 a.m.

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NoVaSpartan

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Awful deal for Washington, Mantha being moved would be to clear cap and not for a worse contract that goes for longer. Anderson is a worse asset than Mantha, and the Capitals didn't give Conor Sheary a raise from his 1.5 mil salary, so they sure as hell don't want a worse winger defensively who's putting up the same amount of points this year as Sheary.

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Mar. 22, 2023 at 1:01 p.m.

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All_Knowing

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Quoting: Koskinen_The_Great

Quoting: nilees24

Quoting: dgibb10

30 yo Josh anderson at 5.5 million isn't gonna help anyone compete. too expensive to be a bottom 6 player on a contender and not good enough to be a top 6 player on a contender

Quoting: NoVaSpartan

Awful deal for Wsh. Right now, teams (especially WSH who is still trying to contend right now) would value cap space over either player. Mantha has been beyond unpredictable and Anderson is not worth 3 more years of $5.5mil (he is a bottom 6 player straight up no other way around it - sorry for being direct). Why would the Caps trade a struggling player on an expiring contract for another inconsistent bottom 6 forward with basically the same contract but 3 more years...

Sorry you are stuck with Anderson's contract though

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