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Created by: SevenLeg

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 15, 2024

Published: Jan. 15, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Chmelevski, Alexander		1	$2,000,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Barron, Justin	2	$1,700,000
Xhekaj, Arber	1	$813,750
Ylönen, Jesse	1	$813,750

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Duchene, Matt		3	$8,000,000

Trades

MTL

Chmelevski, Alexander [Reserve List]

SJS

Harris, Jordan
2024 4th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

There's a lot of interest in Chmelevski among the league. No idea on what his rights would cost, or if he wants to return to San Jose. I value Harris as a late 2nd, early 3rd round pick. SJS has a lot of defensemen as well so maybe they'd prefer a pick instead.

MTL

SEA

Allen, Jake ($1,925,000 retained)
Dvorak, Christian ($2,225,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Traded during the summer or at the 2023-24 TDL

MTL

SEA

Prior to signing with NSH, MTL came very close to landing Duchene. The latter was reportedly down to these two teams. Visited the city and met with Bergevin & Molson.

He's my personal favorite option because he'll command less term than Reinhart, Lindholm, etc.

Other worthwile options: S. Reinhart, E. Lindholm, J. Guentzel, J. Marchessault, T. Toffoli, D. Sprong, S. Monahan

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,925,000 (100%)
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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$77,728,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$9,971,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 6	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 1
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Duchene, Matt $8,000,000$8,000,000 RW, C UFA
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Chmelevski, Alexander $2,000,000$2,000,000 C RFA	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	Ylönen, Jesse $813,750$813,750 RW, LW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Barron, Justin $1,700,000$1,700,000 RD RFA	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Xhekaj, Arber $813,750$813,750 LD/RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Jan. 15 at 11:28 a.m.

drambui

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wonder if duchene might want to go more to a contender.

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Jan. 15 at 11:32 a.m.

SevenLeg

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Quoting: drambui

wonder if duchene might want to go more to a contender.

Yeah, I figured that could be an issue. I hope he wins it in Dallas this season

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Jan. 15 at 11:46 a.m.

AStovetop

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I'd love to see Sharks give him a chance when the dead weight is gone next season.

In terms of value, that's definitely good enough to get it done but they'd be looking for RHD not lefties.

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Jan. 15 at 12:09 p.m.

Jfstompers

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8 million dollars for Duchene seems bananas to me,

Jan. 15 at 12:11 p.m.

Jfstompers

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Quoting: drambui

wonder if duchene might want to go more to a contender.

Not if they give him 8 million dollars a season, thats just crazy.

Jan. 15 at 12:16 p.m.

Andy_Dick

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I wish they'd just resign Monahan. A late 1st in all likelihood wont be a factor or will not even be a part of their window.

Take the known commodity at 29 years of age.

I'm a fan of signing Toffoli BUT i think you are easily dismissing another UFA goal scorer with jam like Jason Zucker.

Jan. 15 at 12:17 p.m.

SevenLeg

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Quoting: Jfstompers

8 million dollars for Duchene seems bananas to me,

181pts in his last 190 games. Gotta give to get.

Where this team is at, I'd much rather overpay for three years than signing Reinhart or Lindholm to 7-year deals. Any player they sign in FA this year won't be in his physical prime when this team is ready to compete.

Jan. 15 at 12:21 p.m.

SevenLeg

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Quoting: Andy_Dick

Ever since the Calgary trade fell flat, it's been speculated that Jason Zucker blocked the trade and doesn't want to play in Canada. Not a big fan of his whatsoever.

Jan. 15 at 12:22 p.m.

Andy_Dick

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Quoting: SevenLeg

Ever since the Calgary trade fell flat, it's been speculated that Jason Zucker blocked the trade and doesn't want to play in Canada. Not a big fan of his whatsoever.

30 goal scorer and that can score in the hard areas is always a good get!

Jan. 15 at 12:25 p.m.

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SevenLeg

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Quoting: Andy_Dick

30 goal scorer and that can score in the hard areas is always a good get!

It's just that, by looking at the stats, it looks like he fell off from last year. Or maybe I'm to worried about MTL being stuck with another Hoffman.

Jan. 15 at 12:31 p.m.

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Quoting: Jfstompers

Not if they give him 8 million dollars a season, thats just crazy.

for 3 years, he could get something close. Most contenders couldnt afford it, but a few could give something close.

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