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Created by: simonveilleux

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 16, 2024

Published: Jan. 16, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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In the last few years, the Sabres have drafted several promising forwards (Rosen, Ostlund, Benson, Petterka, Quinn, Kulich, Savoie), but few defensemen. On the other side, the Canadiens have drafted many defensemen and few forwards. A trade would therefore make sense for both teams.

Jayden Struble is increasingly establishing himself as a top 6, even top 4 defenseman depending on the team. His calm play and physical presence will make him a reliable defenseman for years to come. Ostlund, on the other hand, had a good WJC but remains a prospect with no NHL experience.

I believe that such a trade would be interesting for both parties and would help stabilize each of the teams.

Trades

MTL

Östlund, Noah

BUF

Struble, Jayden
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$78,817,916	$1,170,000	$4,825,000	$4,682,084

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	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Östlund, Noah $918,333$918,333 ($475,000$475K) C RFA - 3	Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3	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
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Stephens, Mitchell $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	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	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
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 3	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

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
	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
	Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1
	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1
	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4

Jan. 16 at 11:31 a.m.

ATC

Joined: Jun. 2023

Posts: 185

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Would probably still pass if I were the Sabres. I get the logic here, but if mittelstadt is a winger long term and Krebs doesn't pan out, they're going to need ostlund as cost controlled centre.

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Jan. 16 at 11:33 a.m.

simonveilleux

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Joined: Jun. 2022

Posts: 54

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Quoting: ATC

Would probably still pass if I were the Sabres. I get the logic here, but if mittelstadt is a winger long term and Krebs doesn't pan out, they're going to need ostlund as cost controlled centre.

But most say Ostlund won't be a Center in the NHL, he's too small for that role.
Kulich might fit the bill better for the Sabres, I think he's one of your futur star centers.

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Jan. 16 at 11:35 a.m.

ATC

Joined: Jun. 2023

Posts: 185

Likes: 79

Quoting: simonveilleux

But most say Ostlund won't be a Center in the NHL, he's too small for that role.
Kulich might fit the bill better for the Sabres, I think he's one of your futur star centers.

Im not a Sabres fan so no real stake in this but its an intriguing idea. I dont think Kulich will be a C given what I've read on here but who knows. The size issue for positions is basically dead. Players of all heights and weights can play any position in this league now as long as they can keep up. Ostlund appears to read the game really well, especially without the puck. That's usually indicative of someone who can be a center long term.

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Jan. 16 at 11:38 a.m.

BobbyPSC

Joined: Feb. 2021

Posts: 129

Likes: 36

I don’t think the Habs want to have Struble in the same division. He won’t be easy to play against.

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