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Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens
Initial Creation Date: Jul. 6, 2023
Published: Jul. 6, 2023
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PP Explained
PP1 Running a 1-3-1 Umbrella
Umbrella: Matheson
QB: Suzuki
Shooter: Caufield
Bumber: RHP
Behind/Net Front: Monahan

Matheson being the uumbrella lets him walk the line and create space for Suzuki and Caufield to work the side boards. Suzuki as the main puck handler is key as he has a knack for the cross crease pass to caufield and he has a deceptive shot from the top of the circle, it also also allows the play to manifest through Monahan and Matheson aswell which hopefully can keep caufield open more as last year the play ran through the D man up top which only had 2 outlets for passes and they almost always shadowed caufield more then the other side. RHP in the middle as the bumber is key imo but he can also be swapped around with Dach from PP2 but that likely means Monahan drops out of PP1 to win the faceoffs on PP2, either way they need dach or RHP in the middle cause they both can make quick one touch passes well while also being able to take effective snap shots when the chance arises, as long as Anderson and his stone hands stays away from the top unit i think it can be quite successful.

PP2 Running 2-1-2

2-1-2 is not an ideal PP formation but since MTL only has Caufield as a real trigger man I think this PP will be centered around playing 2 mid/low wingers on the side boards that can play the puck into dangerous areas while also posing somewhat of a threat to shoot the puck.

Ideally Slafkovsky would develop his shot more as he showed some promise of playing his off wing to have the one timer as an option but as for now he's not scoring from outside of the circle with his shot so he will be positioned as one of the mid/low board players who can cycle between below the goal line and being on the center of the Dot.

Ylonen, IMO the closest player we have to another trigger man. He showed his stuff in the AHL and he had a couple great looks in the NHL but its not fully there yet. He's a shifty player which is why I have him as the forward that will play along the blueline with Guhle, he should be able to move the puck efficiently while also keeping himself separated from the defender.

Guhle, Guhles job is simple, Keep the puck moving and if the opportunity presents itself take the shot. Guhles a big boy and he has some power behind his shot he just needs the opportunity to use the power, if he can become 70% of the threat weber was on the PP then this unit will be greatly improved

Newhook, Don't know to much about him but if KH is gonna pay what he did I can only assume he's gonna see PP time. I have him as the net front guy, he needs to keep his stick loose to present targets for the other 4 to try and hit for deflections and or passes into the middle of the ice.

Dach, Dach is essentially this units QB. He should have the most possession for any given PP they have as he is big, skilled, and shifty with the puck giving him multiple outlets for ways to work a scoring chance by playing on the half wall. He can drive the net, shoot from the dot or pull the defender in opening a passing lane to one of the other 4, either way you look at it this is Dachs unit and it will only be as good as he can make it.

Forward Lines without Slafkovsky (In AHL)
Monahan Suzuki Caufield
Newhook Dach Anderson
Ylonen Dvorak Gallagher
RHP Evans Pezzetta

Extras Armia/Pitlick
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$950,000
4$3,500,000
1$850,000
1$850,000
Trades
1.
MTL
  1. 2025 3rd round pick (NYI)
Additional Details:
basically a dump but still some value in retaining
3rd for retention mtl sends 7th for roster spot
NYI
  1. Hoffman, Mike ($2,250,000 retained)
  2. 2024 7th round pick (WSH)
Additional Details:
Cheap 3rd line player with a great shot
2.
MTL
  1. 2024 3rd round pick (OTT)
Additional Details:
They don't need montreal to retain so he becomes a very cheap reliable C who can take alot of D zone draws
CHI
  1. Dvorak, Christian
Additional Details:
Dvoraks only gone if MTL wants Slaf in the NHL, if not this team has a spot for Dvorak on the 3rd line but he's behind
Suzuki
Dach
Newhook
Monahan
Evans (Always 4th line)
So we already have 1 C playing the wing and I think itll be Monahan to help on offside draws with either Suzuki or Dach
Buyouts
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DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2024
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2025
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2026
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
24$83,500,000$69,399,166$1,170,000$3,935,000$14,100,834

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$1,985,000$1,985,000 (Performance Bonus$15,000$15K)
C, LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$7,875,000$7,875,000
C
UFA - 7
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$7,850,000$7,850,000
LW, RW
UFA - 8
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$950,000$950,000 (Performance Bonus$3,500,000$4M)
RW, LW
RFA - 2
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$3,362,500$3,362,500
C, RW
RFA - 3
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$5,500,000$5,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 4
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$950,000$950,000
RW, LW
RFA - 1
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$3,500,000$3,500,000
C, LW
RFA - 4
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$6,500,000$6,500,000
RW, LW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 4
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$1,100,000$1,100,000
LW, RW
RFA - 2
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$1,700,000$1,700,000
C
UFA - 2
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$812,500$812,500
LW, RW
UFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$4,875,000$4,875,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
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$3,500,000$3,500,000
RD
UFA - 2
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$1,925,000$1,925,000
G
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$420,000$420K)
LD/RD
RFA - 2
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$766,667$766,667
RD
UFA - 2
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$1,000,000$1,000,000
G
UFA - 1
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$1,400,000$1,400,000
LD/RD
RFA - 2
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$828,333$828,333
LD/RD
RFA - 1
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$890,000$890,000
G
RFA - 2
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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$3,400,000$3,400,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
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$10,500,000$10,500,000
G
NMC
UFA - 3
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$1,100,000$1,100,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$762,500$762,500
RD
UFA - 1

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Jul. 6, 2023 at 9:10 a.m.
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"Very cheap" and "very reliable" are not words I would use to describe Dvorak. His contract absolutely makes him a negative asset. No one is paying for him, especially not CHI.
Jul. 6, 2023 at 9:18 a.m.
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MTL already said they want Newhook on the top 6
Jul. 6, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.
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Quoting: Garak
"Very cheap" and "very reliable" are not words I would use to describe Dvorak. His contract absolutely makes him a negative asset. No one is paying for him, especially not CHI.


Totally agree; $4.5m cap hit and $5.8m in actual $$ for a guy who has never topped 40 points in a season? You are not getting assets to move him unless you retain 50% and even then the number of suitors would be small. Chicago specifically would have to be enticed with additional assets to take on that contract.
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Jul. 6, 2023 at 10:11 a.m.
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You should stop trading to CHI. Their fans are under the impression Bedard makes them a competitor next season.
Jul. 6, 2023 at 10:16 a.m.
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Quoting: Just_A_Guess
You should stop trading to CHI. Their fans are under the impression Bedard makes them a competitor next season.


Actually it is the opposite, we know they are not which is why Hawk fans reject trade proposals which have them trading away draft capital for other teams bottom of the roster contract mistakes.

The general feeling from Hawks fans seems to be, if you want the Hawks to take on your bad deals, then be sure to INCLUDE fair draft capital, so that Davidson can continue to draft high level prospects which will compliment Bedard and the team can become more competitive in the near future.
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Jul. 6, 2023 at 11:01 a.m.
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Quoting: Snowhawk18
Actually it is the opposite, we know they are not which is why Hawk fans reject trade proposals which have them trading away draft capital for other teams bottom of the roster contract mistakes.

The general feeling from Hawks fans seems to be, if you want the Hawks to take on your bad deals, then be sure to INCLUDE fair draft capital, so that Davidson can continue to draft high level prospects which will compliment Bedard and the team can become more competitive in the near future.


Exactly. Why fans of other teams seem to think that the Hawks - in a down-to-the-studs rebuild - should cough up ANY draft picks (let alone good ones) for their team's bad deals, is incomprehensible to me. The thinking seems to be that because the Hawks CAN take on bad contracts - and pay for them with picks - they SHOULD. Yah... that's the way to build a relevant team over time, isn't it? /s
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Jul. 6, 2023 at 1:16 p.m.
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Quoting: Just_A_Guess
You should stop trading to CHI. Their fans are under the impression Bedard makes them a competitor next season.


Not sure how you came to that conclusion from anything Hawks fans have been saying on here since the rebuild was announced. Nobody thinks the hawks are going to be competitive, but in what world does that mean we should be paying for other teams bad contracts? You should probably rethink your logic and the way you interpret what other people say. Like... Do you just read "hawks decline" and then skip the rest and then make assumptions instead of just reading what they actually say?

Most of the time when someone makes a CHI ACGM that has them buying and adding skill and thinking they are going to compete, those people aren't even CHI fans.
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Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:01 p.m.
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Quoting: Garak
"Very cheap" and "very reliable" are not words I would use to describe Dvorak. His contract absolutely makes him a negative asset. No one is paying for him, especially not CHI.


He has an above 50% faceoff average and he's great on the PK, Im not saying he's gonna get you 20G and 30A but he's gonna do what he does well and that's play defensively

If it was up to me Id keep Dvorak and send Slaf to the minors for a year but thats very unlikely
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Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:03 p.m.
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Quoting: Snowhawk18
Totally agree; $4.5m cap hit and $5.8m in actual $$ for a guy who has never topped 40 points in a season? You are not getting assets to move him unless you retain 50% and even then the number of suitors would be small. Chicago specifically would have to be enticed with additional assets to take on that contract.


The guy isn't a point producer and i never said he was, but to say hes not reliable is a joke. He wins a majority of his faceoffs and hes good defensively, maybe the price of the pick is too high and thats fine but MTL won't have to pay to get rid of him
Jul. 6, 2023 at 3:11 p.m.
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Quoting: TheRealisticGuy
MTL already said they want Newhook on the top 6


Yeah and I think he would be but only if Slaf is in the minors, Monahan wont be shoved to the third line since they are likely gonna show him off for 50 games trying to get some assets for him at the TDL and if Slaf is up then he's gonna be in the top 6 too. So unless they are gonna play both Dach and Monahan on the wing he doesnt have a spot in the top 6 with both Slaf and Monahan in the lineup UNLESS they do something drastic like putting Anderson down to the third line and have the lines look something like this

Monahan Suzuki Caufield
Slafkovsky Newhook Dach
Ylonen Dvorak Anderson
RHP Evans Gallagher

Which isn't terrible allowing Dach and Newhook to take strong side faceoffs but it severely limits the quality of scoring on the 3rd line IMO cause Dvorak is strictly Defense at this point so it would be solely on a combination of Anderson/Ylonen or Anderson/Gally or Anderson/RHP to produce the offence for the line
Jul. 6, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.
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Yeah and I think he would be but only if Slaf is in the minors, Monahan wont be shoved to the third line since they are likely gonna show him off for 50 games trying to get some assets for him at the TDL and if Slaf is up then he's gonna be in the top 6 too. So unless they are gonna play both Dach and Monahan on the wing he doesnt have a spot in the top 6 with both Slaf and Monahan in the lineup UNLESS they do something drastic like putting Anderson down to the third line and have the lines look something like this

Monahan Suzuki Caufield
Slafkovsky Newhook Dach
Ylonen Dvorak Anderson
RHP Evans Gallagher

Which isn't terrible allowing Dach and Newhook to take strong side faceoffs but it severely limits the quality of scoring on the 3rd line IMO cause Dvorak is strictly Defense at this point so it would be solely on a combination of Anderson/Ylonen or Anderson/Gally or Anderson/RHP to produce the offence for the line


Or you go realistically and what Marty St-Louis will do

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach
Newhook-Monahan-Anderson
Hoffman-Dvorak-Gallagher
Slafkovsky-Evans-Armia
Pezzetta
Ylönen

Guhle-Savard
Matheson-Barron
Xhekaj-Harris
Kovacevic

The others send down the minors + Pitlick & Wideman waived

Like it or not, Slafkovsky played a lot on the 4th line last year
Jul. 7, 2023 at 7:48 a.m.
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Quoting: HabsAreSus
He has an above 50% faceoff average and he's great on the PK, Im not saying he's gonna get you 20G and 30A but he's gonna do what he does well and that's play defensively

If it was up to me Id keep Dvorak and send Slaf to the minors for a year but thats very unlikely


Sure. The point remains, though, he is massively overpaid which makes him a negative asset. No one is paying for him. Half of MTL's roster are bad contracts that no one is paying for. Maybe if he were a free agent and willing to take an aav A LOT closer to the league minimum, he would be more appealing.
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Jul. 7, 2023 at 9:40 a.m.
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Quoting: TheRealisticGuy
Or you go realistically and what Marty St-Louis will do

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach
Newhook-Monahan-Anderson
Hoffman-Dvorak-Gallagher
Slafkovsky-Evans-Armia
Pezzetta
Ylönen

Guhle-Savard
Matheson-Barron
Xhekaj-Harris
Kovacevic

The others send down the minors + Pitlick & Wideman waived

Like it or not, Slafkovsky played a lot on the 4th line last year


I love that all the bad contracts are stuck on one line, almost like they're quarantining them from the rest of the team.

Slaf on the 4th line to start makes sense, bring him back slowly after his injury last year. But considering that Mike Hoffman is available to anyone who will take him for anything, and that Sean Monahan is basically just running it back as trade bait, there's going to be a good opportunity to bump him up the lineup once he gets up to NHL speed in those sheltered minutes. I think he's going to be more of a project than originally thought, but he still feels like a good top-6 player in the end.
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Jul. 7, 2023 at 9:49 a.m.
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The guy isn't a point producer and i never said he was, but to say hes not reliable is a joke. He wins a majority of his faceoffs and hes good defensively, maybe the price of the pick is too high and thats fine but MTL won't have to pay to get rid of him


Please show me where I said he is not reliable.

I said he is overpaid and not worth his contract which is accurate and also why you are trying to dump his contract on the Hawks… you have to pay for that.
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Jul. 7, 2023 at 12:25 p.m.
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Please show me where I said he is not reliable.

I said he is overpaid and not worth his contract which is accurate and also why you are trying to dump his contract on the Hawks… you have to pay for that.


I'm the one who said something along those lines, but I also didn't exactly call him "unreliable", I said, ""very cheap" and "very reliable" aren't words I would use to describe Dvorak".
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Jul. 7, 2023 at 1:32 p.m.
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Quoting: Garak
I'm the one who said something along those lines, but I also didn't exactly call him "unreliable", I said, ""very cheap" and "very reliable" aren't words I would use to describe Dvorak".


Dvorak is too expensive for a reliable 3C
That’s how we should put it
Jul. 8, 2023 at 8:36 a.m.
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Quoting: TheRealisticGuy
Dvorak is too expensive for a reliable 3C
That’s how we should put it


I'm not sure why we have to throw the word "reliable" in there. Reliable to do what? Score points? no. Take care of his own end? not really. Win faceoffs? yeah, sure. Collect a very large paycheck while being a replacement level NHLer? yep. He is just a guy. There is no selling point there. The only things to consider are: "How badly does MTL want to move his contract," and, "How much are they willing to pay to move it?"
Jul. 8, 2023 at 9:06 a.m.
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Quoting: Just_A_Guess
You should stop trading to CHI. Their fans are under the impression Bedard makes them a competitor next season.


You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried, we’re all aware that we still aren’t going to be good next seasons

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He has an above 50% faceoff average and he's great on the PK, Im not saying he's gonna get you 20G and 30A but he's gonna do what he does well and that's play defensively

If it was up to me Id keep Dvorak and send Slaf to the minors for a year but thats very unlikely


Just for the record, Davidson has publicly stated we’re done with adding players so Dvorak is out of the question
Jul. 8, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.
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I'm not sure why we have to throw the word "reliable" in there. Reliable to do what? Score points? no. Take care of his own end? not really. Win faceoffs? yeah, sure. Collect a very large paycheck while being a replacement level NHLer? yep. He is just a guy. There is no selling point there. The only things to consider are: "How badly does MTL want to move his contract," and, "How much are they willing to pay to move it?"


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You couldn’t be more wrong if you tried, we’re all aware that we still aren’t going to be good next seasons



Just for the record, Davidson has publicly stated we’re done with adding players so Dvorak is out of the question


Dvorak is a decent 3C, he plays with bad players all the time (Hoffman,Gallagher,etc.). But Dvorak to CHI makes zero sense
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Jul. 8, 2023 at 1:08 p.m.
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Quoting: TheRealisticGuy
Dvorak is a decent 3C, he plays with bad players all the time (Hoffman,Gallagher,etc.). But Dvorak to CHI makes zero sense


Yeah. Outside of him being from CHI and having played under Richardson before, it makes no sense.
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