XHEKAJ TO EDMONTON PEARSON TO DETROIT

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Created by: nilees24

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 6, 2024

Published: Feb. 6, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

*Canadiens roster at start of 2024/25 season is captured in the 'Roster' Tab.
**All 6 reserve list signings occur after Trade Deadline and/or during 2024-Off Season.

2024 Off-Season Free Agent Departures:
Mattias Norlinder (RFA)
Filip Cederqvist (RFA)
Lias Andersson (RFA)
Mitchell Stephens (UFA)
Philippe Maillet (UFA)
Brady Keeper (UFA)
Chris Wideman (UFA)
***All these players are on Injured Reserve (IR) on the 'Long-Term Outlook' tab.

2024 Off-Season RFA signings:
Justin Barron - (2-year / 3.5 million) 1.75 MILL PER YEAR
Jesse Ylönen - (2-year / 1.75 million) 875K PER YEAR
Raphael Lavoie - (1-year / 800k)
Nathan Légaré - (1-year / 787.5k)

2024 Off-Season UFA re-signings:
Vincent Desharnais - 2 yr / 5 million (2.5 MILL PER YEAR)

Trade Candidates at 2025 Trade Deadline should Canadiens struggle during 2024/25 Season:
Christian Dvorak (UFA) - final year of contract
Joel Armia (UFA) - final year of contract
David Savard (UFA) - final year of contract
Jake Allen (UFA) - final year of contract

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Tuch, Luke	3	$888,833
Guindon, Cedrick	3	$855,000
Davidson, Jared	2	$825,000
Biondi, Blake	2	$825,000
Nurmi, Petteri	2	$825,000
Tourigny, Miguël	2	$825,000

Trades

MTL

EDM

Xhekaj, Arber

Additional Details:

Trade prior to Trade Deadline.

MTL

2024 7th round pick (DET)

DET

Pearson, Tanner ($1,625,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Trade at deadline. Canadiens retain 50% of Pearson's contract.

Buyouts

Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Tanner Pearson: $1,625,000 (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
26	$83,500,000	$79,952,875	$1,170,000	$4,392,503	$3,547,125

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
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	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
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC 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	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2	Lavoie, Raphael $874,125$874,125 RW, C RFA - 1	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

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	Desharnais, Vincent $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Norlinder, Mattias $859,167$859,167 ($32,500$32K) LD RFA - 1	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Cederqvist, Filip $850,000$850,000 ($50,003$50K) LW, RW RFA - 1
	Andersson, Lias $775,000$775,000 C, LW RFA - 1
	Stephens, Mitchell $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1
	Maillet, Philippe $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1
	Keeper, Brady $775,000$775,000 RD UFA - 1
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Feb. 6 at 1:07 p.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 15,605

Likes: 8,625

Send Pearson elsewhere, Detroit has zero interest in him. he's not an upgrade over what we already have in Grand Rapids.

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Feb. 6 at 1:09 p.m.

mk458

MK458

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 2,110

Likes: 931

Edmonton already has too many left handed defensemen. Xhekaj would likely be 5th on the LHD chart. And it's not like they need his physicality, with guys like Kane, Perry, and Nurse already on the team. I'm sure the value is fair, but Edmonton wouldn't trade for a LHD any time soon

Feb. 6 at 1:10 p.m.

Aaron_Dell_Pickle

Tony Ferguson Fan

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 547

Likes: 348

Fair return but at this price id rather keep Xhekaj

Feb. 6 at 1:25 p.m.

jonh514

HuGo is a Boss GM

Joined: Dec. 2021

Posts: 7,064

Likes: 3,078

Why is Lias Andersson walking in free agency? He's having a great season in Laval and deserves a callup.

Feb. 6 at 1:26 p.m.

F50marco

Joined: May 2015

Posts: 19,595

Likes: 6,735

Trades for the sake of trades.......... Sometimes you can do nothing and it be more impactful than just making random trades.

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Feb. 6 at 1:43 p.m.

Blasphem_Guy

Tabarnak

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 146

Likes: 60

I think Desharnais is a downgrade from Kovacevic.
So, basically, you're standing pat for next year ?

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Feb. 6 at 1:47 p.m.

AlakHul

Darkblade

Joined: Dec. 2021

Posts: 777

Likes: 390

Lavoie was on waivers and a Desharnais for Xhekaj swap is funny lmao the guy who ended Xhekaj's season last year and isnt that much greater than Kovacevic if he is better lmao hes also 27, unlike Xhekaj who could be a 3rd pairing guy for the next decade lmao

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Feb. 6 at 1:49 p.m.

Just_A_Guess

Joined: Apr. 2021

Posts: 4,960

Likes: 3,279

WHY DID YOU POST IT IN ALL CAPS WHEN IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AN OFFER THAT WOULD BE ENTERTAINED FOR XHEKAJ?

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