If the Habs dont win the lottery

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Created by: RoyBoy

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 24, 2024

Published: Mar. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

If they don’t get Celebrini or a top guy in this draft that is NHL ready, I can’t see them playing a prospect in the NHL right away. If they get Celebrini, I can see a world where they either don’t do the second trade I have listed, or Evans could be moved and Beck can become the 4C possibly.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tuch, Luke		2	$850,000
Hutson, Lane		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Andersson, Lias	1	$775,000
Cederqvist, Filip	1	$775,000
Xhekaj, Arber	2	$1,850,000
Ylönen, Jesse	2	$1,250,000
Necas, Martin	8	$7,750,000

Trades

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (WSH)

ARI

Harris, Jordan

MTL

Necas, Martin [RFA Rights]

CAR

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
Ylönen, Jesse
2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2024 2nd round pick (WSH)
2025 2nd round pick (MTL)

MTL

Söderblom, Arvid

CHI

Dvorak, Christian
2025 4th round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

Chicago takes a gamble on Dvorak possibly bouncing back and maybe being a trade chip with retention at the 2025 deadline, and get more for Soderblöm than he is likely worth. Chicago will likely sign a veteran backup for 1 year to pair with Mrazek while Stauber and Commesso develop more in the AHL

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,700,000	$74,423,750	$1,022,500	$3,997,500	$13,276,250

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
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Necas, Martin $7,750,000$7,750,000 RW RFA
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Beck, Owen $885,000$885,000 ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 2	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 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

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Hutson, Lane $950,000$950,000 LD RFA - 2	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	Xhekaj, Arber $1,850,000$1,850,000 LD/RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1
Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1

Mar. 24 at 6:18 p.m.

Huge_Caniac_Abe_Lincoln

On the Rod Meal Plan

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Nothing of interest there for Necas.

Mar. 24 at 6:32 p.m.

Hawksguy81

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Hawks easily decline. Dvorak takes a 2nd to dump whether the Habs want Soderblom or not.

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Mar. 24 at 6:33 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

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It'd cost a 3rd to dump Dvorak alone. Hawks will keep the ****ty but still young goalie that helps them tank for another season or 2.

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Mar. 24 at 6:34 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

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Quoting: Hawksguy81

Hawks easily decline. Dvorak takes a 2nd to dump whether the Habs want Soderblom or not.

I said 3rd because it's under 5 mil and only for 1 season.

Mar. 24 at 6:38 p.m.

Hawksguy81

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

I said 3rd because it's under 5 mil and only for 1 season.

Dvorak's actual salary though is $5.7m. A million more than his cap hit. I also don't think the Hawks will take on any "bad" contracts for less than a 2nd this summer.

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Mar. 24 at 6:53 p.m.

Yotes269

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

I said 3rd because it's under 5 mil and only for 1 season.

$2.5-$3m generally costs a 2nd per year, Arizona has defined the market pretty well with the Ghost, Ladd, Nemeth, and Kassian dumps. If you’re getting close to $5m that’s 1st round pick territory.

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Mar. 24 at 6:54 p.m.

Yotes269

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Arizona keeps the 2nd to move up, Harris doesn’t move the needle enough to risk the possibility of getting back into the late teens/ early 20s

Mar. 24 at 7:17 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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Unless Necas is being moved for one of Suzuki or Caufield, there likely isn’t a deal for Necas to go to the Habs.

Mar. 24 at 7:55 p.m.

Garak

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Get more for Soderblom than he is probably worth? So is the pick for Soderblom or to pay for dumping Dvorak? Or, are you actually considering Dvorak to be positive value?

Dvorak is a cap dump that will cost a 2nd to move.

CHI has no need to move Soderblom. His first year hasn't been great, but IT'S HIS FIRST YEAR. I don't think CHI is in any rush to "move him before his value diminishes further." They will let him either sink or swim in a Hawks sweater, there is zero urgency. So, you could take Soderblom out of that deal and CHI would still decline. $hit, you could even take Dvorak out of that deal and CHI would probably decline. I am more than confident that they want to give him all the time he needs to figure things out, before Commesso and Gajan eventually take over or they snag someone else.

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Mar. 24 at 8:23 p.m.

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Snowhawk18

Snowhawk

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

I said 3rd because it's under 5 mil and only for 1 season.

Davidson got a 2nd and 4th for 1 1/5 seasons of Zaitsev at $4.5m.

He got a 2nd for two seasons of Dickinson at $2.75m and was able to dump two seasons of Riley Stillman at $1.35m per as part of the deal.

Puckpedia estimates the cost of moving Dvorak’s one remaining season with a $4.45m cap hit at the 3rd pick of the 2nd round.

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