My plan

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Created by: nic_par

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 23, 2024

Published: Mar. 23, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Easy plan in 5 steps:

1. Draft a forward with a top-7 pick (best case Celebrini/Lindstrom/Demidov, would be happy with Eiserman and Catton as well).
2. Trade Matheson for a quality forward who can play with Dach
3. Trade Savard for picks
4. Sign Matt Roy to play with Guhle and unlock his potential
5. Sign Slaf to a 7.5x8 extension

Then, start the year with Hutson, Reinbacher, Beck and Mesar in Laval. I think Mailloux makes the team out of camp, and once the LD jam is sorted out Hutson and Reinbacher can come up at the end of the year.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hutson, Lane		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber		2	$1,250,000
Necas, Martin		6	$7,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Roy, Matt		4	$5,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Eiserman, Cole		3	$950,000

Trades

MTL

Necas, Martin [RFA Rights]
2024 2nd round pick (CAR)

CAR

Matheson, Michael
2024 1st round pick (WPG)

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,925,000 (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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,500,000	$77,713,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$9,786,250

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
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Necas, Martin $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW RFA
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Roy, Matt $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Xhekaj, Arber $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD RFA	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2

Mar. 23 at 4:06 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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That ain’t getting Necas.

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Mar. 23 at 4:17 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

Prime Primeau

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Quoting: evelutions2

That ain’t getting Necas.

Value wise it’s pretty fair. Carolina wouldn’t do it because they don’t need a D but it’s definitely close to a fair offer

Mar. 23 at 4:34 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

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Putting aside the issue of whether Carolina would be interested in Matheson at all, the Hurricanes aren't trading Necas (who is at the beginning of his career) for two seasons of Matheson and the Winnipeg first, never mind the second going the other way.

Mar. 23 at 4:49 p.m.

jpsnow13

You know nothing JS

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Yeah, take out the 2nd and add the CGY 1st.

Then we can adress the question of Carolina's will to part with him.

The guy is a 30 goals scorer on a low scoring team, you would think they grab on to him. But there was credible sources bringing him up at TDL... as a defense 1st team full of UFA defensemen, maybe they could be tempted to flip an arbitration eligible RFA for a veteran Dman with term.

I wouldn't even consider it, but I'm just trying to make sense of the noise.

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Mar. 23 at 5:26 p.m.

Caniac2000

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Quoting: GuyGuyGuy

Value wise it’s pretty fair. Carolina wouldn’t do it because they don’t need a D but it’s definitely close to a fair offer

No, it's not.... Matheson is a fine 2nd pairing guy. A 2nd pairing guy and a late 1st isn't getting Necas. This is the equivalent of Skjei and a 1st for Caufield and a 2nd. Necas and Caufield have comparable stats and Skjei's probably better than Matheson. Would you take that for Caufield?

Mar. 23 at 5:37 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

Prime Primeau

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Quoting: Caniac2000

Matheson is more than able to play 25 min a night. He is on pace for 55 pts. That’s way more than a second pairing D. Also, he is signed for 2 years longer than Skjei at a steal of a deal. His worth is probably a first in the 12-20 range and a second.

And yes, I would consider Skjei and a first for Caufield fair if Skjei was able to play 25 min a night and he would be signed for 2 more years.

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