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Created by: MTLaveragefan

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 24, 2024

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Trades

MTL

Ruzicka, Adam

CGY

waiver pick up- Mr. Ruzicka you ARE a montreal Canadian.

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	$69,135,416	$1,170,000	$3,992,500	$14,364,584

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
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
Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1	Ruzicka, Adam $762,500$762,500 LW, C UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
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	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	Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	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)
	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2
		Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3

Jan. 24 at 2:46 p.m.

Campabee

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Why?

Jan. 24 at 2:48 p.m.

Just_A_Guess

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Quoting: Campabee

Why?

Why not? He's a monster of a Slovak, would be great for the bottom 6.

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Jan. 24 at 2:50 p.m.

my_name_is_Fil

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why not.

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Jan. 24 at 2:51 p.m.

Shanesaw9

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Just came here looking for exactly this. They desperately need a depth center right now.

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Jan. 24 at 2:51 p.m.

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: Campabee

Why?

Armia 2.0 without the big contract and the personnality, we need a big body to retrieve the puck along the board.

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Jan. 24 at 2:52 p.m.

Campabee

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Quoting: Just_A_Guess

Why not? He's a monster of a Slovak, would be great for the bottom 6.

We don't have a roster spot, Newhook is due back in a couple weeks

Jan. 24 at 2:52 p.m.

VladislavTretiak

Habs 7th round 1983

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Why not giving a chance to Lias Andersson instead?

Jan. 24 at 2:52 p.m.

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: Campabee

We don't have a roster spot, Newhook is due back in a couple weeks

waive Armia : done

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Jan. 24 at 2:53 p.m.

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: VladislavTretiak

Why not giving a chance to Lias Andersson instead?

Too many injuries and Rockets need stability for playoffs run

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Jan. 24 at 2:53 p.m.

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my_name_is_Fil

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Quoting: Campabee

We don't have a roster spot, Newhook is due back in a couple weeks

are you familiar with the 'trade deadline' ?

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Jan. 24 at 2:54 p.m.

#11

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: Campabee

Why?

Monahan will be traded soon, Newhook is everything BUT a center, Dvorak is out.

We need a professionnal 4th liner C.

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Jan. 24 at 2:56 p.m.

#12

Shanesaw9

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Quoting: Campabee

We don't have a roster spot, Newhook is due back in a couple weeks

Knowing this team, what are the odds another guy isn't hurt before then? Newhook also wasn't very good at center, and certainly wouldn't be playing 4C where Ruzicka would be slotting in.

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Jan. 24 at 3:00 p.m.

#13

my_name_is_Fil

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Quoting: MTLaveragefan

Monahan will be traded soon, Newhook is everything BUT a center, Dvorak is out.

We need a professionnal 4th liner C.

check, check, and check

this guy watches hockey... and not only that, can think and breathe at the same time.

be like this average fan from montreal

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Jan. 24 at 3:05 p.m.

#14

WranglerWranglin

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Quoting: habitantlecolon

Armia 2.0 without the big contract and the personnality, we need a big body to retrieve the puck along the board.

Ohhhh I would not get your hopes up for that regarding Ruzicka... Guy loses more puck battles than Timbits player.

Jan. 24 at 3:06 p.m.

#15

Shaun80

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Surprised the Flames put him on waivers. You would think they could have at least got a late round pick for him.

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Jan. 24 at 3:06 p.m.

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habitantlecolon

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Quoting: WranglerWranglin

Ohhhh I would not get your hopes up for that regarding Ruzicka... Guy loses more puck battles than Timbits player.

he's not in the best lineup to learn how to play his stick handling, but with Armia next to him he could learn from that and become our next Armia.

Jan. 24 at 3:11 p.m.

#17

WranglerWranglin

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Quoting: habitantlecolon

he's not in the best lineup to learn how to play his stick handling, but with Armia next to him he could learn from that and become our next Armia.

Guy played down the stretch run of a season on a roster that won the West two years ago, then played with Lindholm for plenty of time last season. He's hand ample opportunity to figure out his game and is still by far one of the softest players in the league. Pucks go to die on his stick and he could have the worst transition game on a team over the past 3 years.

Jan. 24 at 3:15 p.m.

#18

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: WranglerWranglin

Ohhhh I would not get your hopes up for that regarding Ruzicka... Guy loses more puck battles than Timbits player.

Good for the tank I guess - the guys's contract is up anyway at the end of the season.

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Jan. 24 at 3:16 p.m.

#19

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: WranglerWranglin

Well, again, for the tank, you could not have sold him more to me ahahah

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Jan. 24 at 3:18 p.m.

#20

Campabee

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Quoting: Shanesaw9

Knowing this team, what are the odds another guy isn't hurt before then? Newhook also wasn't very good at center, and certainly wouldn't be playing 4C where Ruzicka would be slotting in.

Evans would be moved back to 4C

Jan. 24 at 3:19 p.m.

#21

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: WranglerWranglin

development is a thing in MTL, we do not look at a player and say he's done, no, we offer them tools to understand where they lack skills!

Jan. 24 at 3:19 p.m.

#22

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: Campabee

Evans would be moved back to 4C

3rd c for the season remainder

Jan. 24 at 3:22 p.m.

#23

Shanesaw9

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Edited Jan. 24 at 3:29 p.m.

Quoting: Campabee

Evans would be moved back to 4C

And then who is 3C on this team? Especially after Monahan is traded?

This Ruzicka put up pretty decent numbers last year offensively for a guy that played 11 minutes / game (1.9 P/60 which is higher than someone like KK for example who we lost has ever put up) and he has average defensive metrics too which is all we could honestly for with a 4C. At a less than league minimum contract? Why not.

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Jan. 24 at 3:23 p.m.

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Ledge_And_Dairy

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Quoting: Shaun80

Surprised the Flames put him on waivers. You would think they could have at least got a late round pick for him.

He had the potential to blossom into someone worth a 1st round pick at one point. Really disappointed the team is giving up on him

Jan. 24 at 3:24 p.m.

#25

Campabee

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Quoting: habitantlecolon

3rd c for the season remainder

Doubtful, but maybe

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