Habs 23-24 Cap Compliance

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Created by: CD25

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 19, 2023

Published: Sep. 19, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I used the "taxi squad" to single out the waivers exempt Xhekaj, who's been penciled to the AHL to make the team cap-compliant before putting Price's contract on the LTIR, in season.
In particular, I edited the solution below, not to pencil Slaf in Laval, after reading an interesting discussion this in the The Athletic about perf bonuses: https://theathletic.com/4880610/2023/09/19/canadiens-trade-tanner-pearson-jeff-petry/

In a nutshell, penciling Slaf to Laval is not a very good idea, because when he'd be called back, his potential bonuses (the 3.5M in parentheses above) would count against the cap. When the player starts the season in the NHL, bonuses can be carried forward to the next year if needed; if he starts in the AHL, they can't. Xhekaj does not have perf bonuses.

Given the decisions taken by the Habs to open the season, I am inclined to believe that they indeed HAD to put Dvorak and Wideman on the IR. The only solution was then to start Dvorak on the LTIR. Note that Armia cleared waivers but was brought back on the team (on paper at least) to maximize the usage of the LTIR pool. Unless I am mistaken, the "110,417" cap space below is in fact lost by now as the pool was not fully maximized.

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

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$81,464,583	$1,170,000	$4,210,000	$2,035,417

Roster

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
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	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
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1	Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
		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	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	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		Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($275,000$275K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD RFA - 1
Lindström, Gustav $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD RFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Dach, K.		Suzuki, N.		Gallagher, B.
	Caufield, C.		Guhle, K.

Power Play 2
Anderson, J.		Newhook, A.		Slafkovsky, J.
	Matheson, M.		Harris, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Evans, J.	Ylönen, J.
	Matheson, M.	Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Monahan, S.	Gallagher, B.
	Guhle, K.	Kovacevic, J.

Sep. 19, 2023 at 8:24 p.m.

pinslack

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do you know if roster size have to be 23/23 including Price when we put him on in season LTIR?

Anyhow, Armia and Pearson could be put on waivers to make things work. And even Allen maybe

Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:25 a.m.

CD25

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Edited Sep. 20, 2023 at 11:35 a.m.

Quoting: pinslack

do you know if roster size have to be 23/23 including Price when we put him on in season LTIR?

Anyhow, Armia and Pearson could be put on waivers to make things work. And even Allen maybe

Minimum roster size is 20 players. Price does not counts when on the IR or the LTIR. There was an interesting discussion this morning in the The Athletic about perf bonuses: https://theathletic.com/4880610/2023/09/19/canadiens-trade-tanner-pearson-jeff-petry/

In a nutshell, penciling Slaf to Laval is not a very good idea, because when he'd be called back, his potential bonuses (the 3.5M in parentheses above) would count against the cap. When the player starts the season in the NHL, bonuses can be carried forward to the next year if needed; if he starts in the AHL, they can't. Guhle, Harris, and Barron's bonuses are less problematic in terms of LTIR buffer.

So I guess, yeah, some sizeable salary must be waived. But Hughes wants to establish a reputation of being fair with his player. He won't waive Allen on the first year of a contract that Hughes signed himself.

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Oct. 4, 2023 at 7:42 p.m.

CD25

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The rulebook reads as follows:

There may be a maximum of 23 players on each Club’s playing roster at any one time from the commencement of the NHL regular season through the trade deadline. Prior to the start of the season, each Club must submit to the NHL its “Opening Day Playing Roster” which shall be comprised of not more than 23 players. Each Club must have a roster of at least 20 players, composed of 18 skaters and two goaltenders. Players on Injured Reserve do not count in the 23-man limit.

Does this mean that the roster above is short 1 skater (since I have 3 goalies)?

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