Would you consider trading Montembeau for the right return

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Created by: jonh514

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 6, 2024

Published: Mar. 6, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Hitting the TDL, there are 2-3 teams who really need a starting goaltender. Now I like Montembeau, he's impressed me a lot, but with his current contract and extended contract in place, he is incredibly attractive as trade bait.

Here's why I would consider it:

1) If we trade him and ride Allen/Primeau until the end of the season, we will lose a lot more games. That's actually not a bad thing, as we will get a higher draft pick

2) We could probably get a mid-late 1st and a B prospect for Monty, or maybe just an A prospect

3) Allen and Primeau as a tandem next year is not gonna help us win a lot of games, but we can always dip into the goalie market this offseason if we feel we are playoff-bound after the draft

4) If we are not gonna make the playoffs next year, this would probably be "selling high" on Monty, as we can expect Fowler to hit the NHL in 2025-26

What would it take for you to consider it?

Trades

MTL

Holtz, Alexander

Additional Details:

Top 6 winger

NJD

Montembeault, Samuel

Additional Details:

Starting Goalie

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	$75,704,583	$1,170,000	$4,885,000	$7,795,417

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	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC 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
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 ($57,500$58K) LW, RW RFA - 3		Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2		Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
		Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 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
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2		Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1

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
	White, Colin $775,000$775,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Mar. 6 at 9:15 a.m.

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dgibb10

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Quoting: jonh514

So essentially if he helps you make the playoffs, we get this year's pick, otherwise we get next year's?

I would rather just have 2025 top 3 protected... 2024 bottom 16 is low quality compared to other years.

More than fair. I’d put the 2025 pick up easier.

2025 top 3 protected 1st for Montembault.

What would it take for Jake Evans?

Mar. 6 at 9:18 a.m.

#27

jonh514

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Quoting: dgibb10

More than fair. I’d put the 2025 pick up easier.

2025 top 3 protected 1st for Montembault.

What would it take for Jake Evans?

I want to be clear that I WOULD do it, but I doubt the Habs organization would agree with me.

Evans could be had fairly cheaply IMO. I think a younger forward with a history of success in the AHL, some NHL upside, and a few years of team control, so we can call up a forward from Laval and not risk the playoff run.

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Mar. 6 at 9:34 a.m.

#28

dgibb10

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Edited Mar. 6 at 9:39 a.m.

Quoting: jonh514

Graeme Clarke is a near PPG AHLer 22 year old who I'd offer for Evans. Also I'd recommend putting a 1st instead of Holtz in (he's incredibly underrated on here).

Mar. 6 at 9:35 a.m.

#29

KingMurray

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At least 2 of you guys stole 6 minutes from my day and I want it back.

Monty would be moved for the right piece. Is Holtz it? Probably not.

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Mar. 6 at 9:52 a.m.

#30

Jay27

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Morale is important for young players development and having a guy in the net that has the team’s confidence is huge for morale. To trade Monty would hurt this rebuild almost as much as anything else, that’s why I don’t think we can put a price on him because his value to his current team way out values his value in any trade.

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