Powerhouse Habs 2025 Snapshot

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Created by: mh61

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 7, 2023

Published: Jul. 7, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The Habs are maybe in the best position in the league when it comes to prospect pools, NHL ready talent, 2023/24 and 2024/25 rentals to sell off at the deadline (Hoffman, Savard, Dvorak, Allen) and cap space moving forward to sign the plethora of young talent they have

While I do not think they compete this year I believe the Habs are set up to be a powerhouse for years to come. While Many fans were upset with the Rienbacher Pick it fits well in their system and so long as he pans out the Habs D-core should be really strong with Ghule, Hutson, Barron, Rienbacher, LM, and Wifi.

Carey Price is never coming back he will spend the rest of his career on LTIR until his current deal ends giving the Habs that 10.5million to play with. The team shown below is my prediction of what the Habs look post trade-deadline the season after next (2024/25) with an explanation for almost every notable move until then.

Notice lots of trades unless they are for a specific player (Carter Hart) could be any team and usually revolve around moving a rental to a playoff contender for more picks to expand an already deep prospect pool or to sequester picks to make other moves.

Assuming these players see significant growth over the next two season if the Habs were to enter 2025/26 with this roster I would think they would be considered a powerhouse and a cup favorite entering the season. Also notice the number of good prospects still in the system (Scratch List) and the amount of picks they could potentially sequester to make more changes by this point. Overall the Habs along with the Ducks and Blue Jackets may have the brightest outlook 2-5 years down the road out of any other NHL teams

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hutson, Lane		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Newhook, Alex	2	$3,000,000
Beaudin, Nicolas	2	$850,000
Ylönen, Jesse	1	$875,000

Trades

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (BOS)

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Late 2nd or Early 3rd round pick

ANA

Armia, Joel

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Traded with half retained at 2024/2025 trade deadline to a contender needing forward depth, size and playoff experience

MTL

2025 2nd round pick (TBL)

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2nd Round Pick from anywhere

TBL

Hoffman, Mike

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Traded with half retained at 2023/24 deadline to contender wanting quick offence for playoff run

MTL

2024 4th round pick (LAK)
2025 2nd round pick (LAK)

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Habs retain 850k to make it an even 3M that they. This trade puts Habs at 3 retained salaries in 2023/24 cannot retain anymore

LAK

Allen, Jake ($850,000 retained)

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Traded to Kings before 2023/24 Season. Kings Missed out on all the best goalies so far now with the best options remaining being Quick (38), Bernier (35), and Halak (38), I wouldnt be surprised to see the Kings inquire about a guy like Allen to Pair with Talbot

MTL

2024 5th round pick (ARI)

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Late Round Pick

ARI

Wideman, Chris

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Somewhere at 23/24 deadline looking for D-depth not a huge return on Wideman otherwise he walks in FA at end of next season

MTL

2025 1st round pick (NJD)
2025 2nd round pick (NJD)
2025 4th round pick (NJD)

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Habs retain half to make trade work with contender and to maximize return

NJD

Dvorak, Christian ($2,225,000 retained)

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Traded at 2024/25 deadline to contender. Dvorak is a high value rental and will likely bring back a 1st Plus

MTL

Hakanpää, Jani
2024 2nd round pick (DAL)
2025 3rd round pick (DAL)
2026 4th round pick (DAL)

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Hakanpaa comes back to make cap work

DAL

Savard, David

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Big Solid D-man many teams would love to have him at this dollar value habs bring back a pick at 2024 deadline from a team that wants a player for more than 1 year at a manageable number. Stars seem like a team that could be interested in a defensive stalwart to pair with Heiskenan

MTL

2024 4th round pick (SEA)

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Late Round Pick

SEA

Hakanpää, Jani

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Acquired in Savard trade for cap reasons moved out almost immediately to another team. could see a 3 team trade in the first place for savard in this situation

MTL

2025 1st round pick (FLA)

CGY

Matheson, Michael

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Over the last two years matheson has brought his value back up with his play. Habs cant afford to retain long term likely to move to a team whos building to be a contender but no quite there yet. Could be moved anytime before 2026

MTL

Hart, Carter

PHI

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Philly has been mulling moving Hart, in this Case the Habs offer two good goalie prospects both of which are younger than Hart and a good young D in Harris who isnt out of Montreal because a lack of skill but because of the insane depth of the Habs prospect pool

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MTL

MIN

Pitlick, Rem

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Walks in Free Agency after 2023/2024

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
Jake Allen: $850,000 (44.16%)
Christian Dvorak: $2,225,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
29	$83,500,000	$66,440,666	$1,170,000	$6,242,500	$17,059,334

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
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Beck, Owen $885,000$885,000 ($80,000$80K) C RFA - 3	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 3	Hart, Carter $3,979,000$3,979,000 G RFA - 1
Hutson, Lane $950,000$950,000 LD RFA - 3	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($275,000$275K) RD RFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Reinbacher, David $950,000$950,000 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Farrell, Sean $897,500$897,500 ($557,500$558K) RW, LW RFA - 2		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
Beaudin, Nicolas $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1
Mesar, Filip $918,333$918,333 RW, C RFA - 3
Mysak, Jan $828,333$828,333 ($82,500$82K) C, LW RFA - 2
Kidney, Riley $836,667$836,667 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 3
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2
Norlinder, Mattias $859,167$859,167 ($32,500$32K) LD RFA - 1
Ylönen, Jesse $875,000$875,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

Jul. 7, 2023 at 2:48 p.m.

tkecanuck341

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The Kings didn't "miss out" on goaltenders this summer. They can't afford goaltenders. Talbot is the best goaltender they can afford, and they had to give him half his salary in performance bonuses so they will defer to next season.

The Kings starting goalie is still Copley. Talbot is there to back him up. I'd take either/both of those guys over Allen, even if Allen didn't have triple the cap hit this season.

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 2:50 p.m.

dannibalcorpse

we miss leo k

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Quoting: mh61

Dvorak is a high value rental and will likely bring back a 1st Plus

citation needed

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 2:53 p.m.

KDev

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I’d love to hear where you came up with that Dvorak price lmao

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 2:55 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Oh honey, Montreal is not in good shape at all.

Poor drafting, bloated contracts and zero star players

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:05 p.m.

mh61

Thread Starter

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Quoting: KDev

I’d love to hear where you came up with that Dvorak price lmao

If Jeannot (career 0.38ppg) is worth Foote, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th then Dvorak (Career 0.5ppg, over a larger sample size) who is 1 year older is more disciplined, better skater, and higher IQ player could definitely fetch a similar price.

Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

TeddyLovesTheJets

Everybody Loves WPG

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🤣 teams won’t pay for cap dumps, definitely not borderline nhl players for high picks at the deadline.

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:16 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

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What inflated values for minimal-worth players.

Armia is barely worth a fifth, with that under-water bloated contract; the one-dimensional Hoffman is barely worth a fourth; Allen is a decent backup who's worth a third; Dvorak isn't worth a first; and trading Harris marks Montreal as a team that would stab a youngster in the back.

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:17 p.m.

dannibalcorpse

we miss leo k

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Quoting: mh61

if apples cost $2.99 per pound, then my oranges could definitely fetch a similar price

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:22 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

n.1 Topias Vilen fan

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Devils aren't paying a 1st for a player that would barely crack their fourth line

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Jul. 7, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

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Boltsbeathabs

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No one especially TB is giving a 2for the extreme defensive liability that is Hoffman for a playoff run.

Edit:With the possible exception of Armia every other GM hangs up on Hughes and Blocks his number over these 💩 offers

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