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Created by: MTLaveragefan

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 17, 2023

Published: Aug. 17, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I feel like a kid who needs to wait after christmas dinner to play with my new toys... (twas the rule at my house)

I can't wait to see if our young core improved, I want to see Slaf, Dach, Newhook become the players they are supposed to be.

Expectation are low... and somehow, I can't wait to beat TML 3-2 at their home opener.

Everybody should be healthy to start and there is less dead wood on the team (except Armia, Gally and Dvorak - they can form an expensive 4th line if they want).

If healthy, I think this team can suprise out of the gate... they won't make the playoff because the Atlantic is the thunderdome right now... but against the other division and conference, they have a shot to get a lot of points...

While another high draft pick would be useful... I picture the habs drafting between 12 and 15.

Trades

MTL

ANY TEAM (and it's OTT's turn to be selected as the throw-away team).

OTT

DeSmith, Casey

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$72,290,416	$1,170,000	$4,210,000	$11,209,584

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 8
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	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW 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
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2

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
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Lindström, Gustav $950,000$950,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3

Taxi Squad
Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1

Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

csick

KFTW

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Lol

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:02 p.m.

jonh514

HuGo is a Boss GM

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Nice post. I definitely feel your pain both about the strength of the division and about waiting for the season to kick off.

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:03 p.m.

Justafan79

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I couldn't agree more !!

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:08 p.m.

MTLaveragefan

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I post sometimes

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Quoting: csick

Lol

Can't always be Arizona

Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:12 p.m.

SharkTank

Tank it baby

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Just win more games than San Jose does! Much appreciated! 😁

Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: SharkTank

Just win more games than San Jose does! Much appreciated! 😁

I think we will end up over these teams (no particular order):

Sh*t tier

Chicago Blackhawks
Anaheim Ducks
San Jose Sharks
Philadelphia Flyers
Arizona Coyotes

Cr*p tier

St Louis Blues
Vancouver Canucks
Nashville Predators

Montreal Canadiens

wildcard tier that might collapse

Winnipeg Jets (I think they are gonna fall off this year)
Boston (I think they are gonna fall off this year)
Pittsburgh Penguins (I think they are gonna fall off this year)
Washington Capitals
New york Islander

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 6:40 p.m.

JackForHart

1-0 them

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

I’d be suprised if Blackwood and kahkonen can help them win more then 20 games

Aug. 17, 2023 at 7:42 p.m.

jpsnow13

You know nothing JS

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

I generally agree.

CLB sould be added to the sh*t tier. Can't wait for the 1st Babcock crisis.

Arizona should be bumped in the cr*p tier as they will do way better with their foward depth.

Calgary should be added to the collapse tier. New gm. UFAs not resigning. Retooling with prospects.

Aug. 17, 2023 at 8:18 p.m.

Campabee

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Quoting: jpsnow13

Can we add Toronto just for their epic playoff collapse record? 😆

I tease of course they added some nice playoff peices this off-season, would be fun to watch a Canadian team go the distance (even IF it has to be the Leafs)

Aug. 17, 2023 at 10:19 p.m.

#10

Habs4ever

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Forget about the team. I want to address the cruelty of waiting until after Christmas dinner before playing with new toys! Lol

Aug. 17, 2023 at 10:51 p.m.

#11

jpsnow13

You know nothing JS

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Quoting: Campabee

I would love to see Ottawa beat the Leafs in the 1st round.

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Aug. 18, 2023 at 10:54 a.m.

#12

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: Habs4ever

Forget about the team. I want to address the cruelty of waiting until after Christmas dinner before playing with new toys! Lol

You've never seen a 7 year old absord turkey like I did ahahah

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Aug. 18, 2023 at 10:54 a.m.

#13

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: jpsnow13

I would love to see Ottawa beat the Leafs in the 1st round.

oh most def.

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