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Created by: HabsFan61

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 6, 2023

Published: Jun. 6, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Trades:

Carolina is a great fit for Edmundson and renting him for a 4th seems a better move than spending 5-6 million for 5 or more years on Graves or 4-5 million for 5 years on Soucy.

Hoffman probably isn’t going anywhere but if we retain 50% and attach some valuable future I think we could move him to another rebuilder. We have to get something back though or it’s a waste because ultimately we don’t have to trade him.

The last deal is just me trying to find a way to jump into another later 1st. I’m not happy with the Florida pick being so late now, so I looked for a contender who may look to trade down. Colorado has very few draft assets, so trading down and getting a couple prospects as well as an early 2nd and a 3rd next year seems close to what it should take to jump into another 1st rounder.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël	3	$1,750,000
Ylönen, Jesse	2	$950,000
Gurianov, Denis	1	$3,000,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Will	1	$925,000
Bonk, Oliver	3	$875,000
Hrabal, Michael	3	$875,000

Trades

MTL

2023 4th round pick (CAR)

CAR

Edmundson, Joel

MTL

2024 3rd round pick (SJS)
2024 5th round pick (ANA)

ANA

Hoffman, Mike ($2,250,000 retained)
Kapanen, Oliver [Reserve List]

Additional Details:

Anaheim could retain on Hoffman at the deadline and recoup a 3rd.

MTL

2023 1st round pick (COL)

COL

Norlinder, Mattias
Tuch, Luke [Reserve List]
2023 2nd round pick (MTL)
2024 3rd round pick (MTL)

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Mike Hoffman: $2,250,000 (50%)

Buried

Joel Armia: $2,250,000 ($3,400,000)

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
23	$83,500,000	$69,284,166	$1,170,000	$4,752,500	$14,215,834

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Farrell, Sean $897,500$897,500 ($557,500$558K) RW, LW RFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Gurianov, Denis $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	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
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2
Ylönen, Jesse $950,000$950,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Smith, Will $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0)
Bonk, Oliver $875,000$875,000 ($0$0$0$0)
Hrabal, Michael $875,000$875,000 ($0$0$0$0)

Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:43 p.m.

HabsFan61

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Will Smith’s ELC should be 3 years.

Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:52 p.m.

Xqb15a

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I mean I guess the Avs have to accept I don’t know why MTL does it though, but could be a low key good deal for the Avs.

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Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:53 p.m.

Just_A_Guess

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I'd rather keep Kapanen and get nothing for Hoffman instead of moving Kapanen for less than he's worth.

Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:55 p.m.

VladislavTretiak

Habs 7th round 1983

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PIT would probably consider trading 14OA for 31OA + 37OA and other picks/prospects

Hoffman is the buyout candidate of the year

Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:56 p.m.

Savage27

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Why would we trade a top euro prospect for no reason

Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:59 p.m.

Caniac2000

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Canes pass. Edmundson didn't work as a 3LD here once, trying it again is what Einstein defined as insanity

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Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:11 p.m.

GeneralLandro

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Anaheim wants absolutely nothing to do with Mike Hoffman

Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.

HabsFan61

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Quoting: Savage27

Why would we trade a top euro prospect for no reason

I’m assuming you mean Kapanen? I wouldn’t classify him as a top prospect of any sort. As far as centres go Kidney, Beck, and quite possibly Smith after this draft will all be ahead of him.

Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.

AvsFanatic96_01_22

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The Avs should pounce on that deal. Move a few picks down for a 3rd next year and two prospects? Sure.

Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

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HabsFan61

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Quoting: Xqb15a

I mean I guess the Avs have to accept I don’t know why MTL does it though, but could be a low key good deal for the Avs.

To move up 10 spots in this draft would be significant for us. The prospects are not high end and I doubt either becomes much in terms of having an NHL future. It basically is pick 37 and a 3rd next year for pick 27.

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Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:17 p.m.

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GiggywithGibby

Future Ducks legend

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We could also not pay for Hoffman, one of the biggest locker room cancers in the league. Nor do we even have room for another bottom 6 forward.

Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:34 p.m.

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evelutions2

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Canes dumped Eddy on the Habs already, and there was a reason for that. He didn’t work at 3LD once already, the Canes aren’t going to try that again.

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Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:56 p.m.

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HabsFan61

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Quoting: evelutions2

Canes dumped Eddy on the Habs already, and there was a reason for that. He didn’t work at 3LD once already, the Canes aren’t going to try that again.

He wasn’t dumped on us. That was a steal for us. His pairing with Petry was the backbone of our blueline. I think the reception of him in Carolina comes from who you traded to get him.

Jun. 6, 2023 at 10:07 p.m.

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Savage27

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Quoting: HabsFan61

I’m assuming you mean Kapanen? I wouldn’t classify him as a top prospect of any sort. As far as centres go Kidney, Beck, and quite possibly Smith after this draft will all be ahead of him.

Obviously. He’s producing in a pro league at 19 and he’s easily a top 10 prospect on the team. Why would we trade him for a guy who’s contract we can just eat. He’s worth a 2nd rounder just by himself

Jun. 6, 2023 at 10:30 p.m.

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Xqb15a

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Quoting: HabsFan61

I get that but part of the appeal I guess is COL does need to replenish the farm system and they have had very few picks the last couple of drafts and they have aging out prospects.

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Jun. 6, 2023 at 10:40 p.m.

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SammyPollock

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Quoting: HabsFan61

I’m assuming you mean Kapanen? I wouldn’t classify him as a top prospect of any sort. As far as centres go Kidney, Beck, and quite possibly Smith after this draft will all be ahead of him.

I'm optimistic about Kapanen. He's been faring quite well as a 19 year-old against men in Europe. Beck is promising but he needs a final year in junior (or alternately a stint in an elite European league). I'm mildly concerned about his lack of offence. I'm not convinced Kidney's game translates to pro hockey but of course I hope to be proven wrong.

At this point, I place Kapanen ahead of both Beck and Kidney.

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