One last pitch to see reason

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Created by: jonh514

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 26, 2023

Published: Jun. 26, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

We implore you Winnipeg Jets, don't do what the Habs did for so many years, don't put yourself in "middle of the pack" hell. If you don't have Elite talent on your team, it's a crapshoot if you even make the playoffs year to year, but you definitely ain't winning the cup.

Make an accelerated rebuild decision!

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Dubois, Pierre-Luc		8	$8,000,000
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël		3	$1,750,000

Trades

MTL

Connor, Kyle
Dubois, Pierre-Luc [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

The 2 best Jets

WPG

Beck, Owen
Dvorak, Christian
Farrell, Sean
2023 1st round pick (FLA)
2023 1st round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

The Habs 2 best picks and 2 "closest to NHL" prospects

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333
Mike Hoffman: $1,166,667

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	$76,956,190	$1,170,000	$4,210,000	$6,543,810

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Connor, Kyle $7,142,857$7,142,857 LW UFA - 3	Dubois, Pierre-Luc $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 8	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
		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

Jun. 26, 2023 at 5:25 p.m.

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jonh514

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Quoting: drambui

yes but they are not top pair D now, and maybe never (i want them to be but i dont know) . and yes they will get better. But we dont have the knowledge that they will all be good enough to start trowing the future away, thats a short sighted move. 3 years ago people were comparing norlinder to lidstrom. let them grow then suround them. we need to draft our own star players with our high picks, not trade the future away for star players when we dont have the backbone of our team yet.

I mean... I thought what I saw from Matheson,Guhle,Barron last season was pretty compelling. Matheson is a number 1/2 in my mind. Guhle is currently a 3/4. Barron is currently a 3/4.

Harris, Xhekaj, Savard, Kovacevic are all fine bottom pair players.

We are missing a player in 1 incredibly important spot. That's my personal perspective. Do I hold up the team from trying to compete until I have a body in that chair? No! All teams have holes. There is no perfect team and there are no perfect players.

Jun. 26, 2023 at 11:46 p.m.

#27

drambui

Joined: Feb. 2022

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Quoting: jonh514

i mean this same defense was one of the worst in the leagues. Barron was playing mostly sheltered minutes too. i think they have show a lot of promise but its not the year to jump the gun. defense wins championship, you cant have a shakey defense like that and expect to win. the right move is tocwait and keep building for the future.

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