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Created by: MTLaveragefan

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 27, 2024

Published: Mar. 27, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Yep -

1- if the Habs add a top forward at the 2024 draft (Demidov, Celebrini, Lindstrom, Catton, Eiserman), then sign a Vet to fill out the top 6.

2- if Reinbacher and Hutson hit. The young Dcore will have a GREAT mix of physically, mobility, defensive and Offensive capability.

The Guhle -Reinbacher pairing will be an insane pairing -able to crunch opposing team and be great in transition

The Xhekaj - Mailloux line will be a bone crushing duo with a good mix of offensive capabilities

The Hutson - (whomever) : We will have our PP QB. Likely to play more sheltered minutes in the Ozone.

In 2025-2026 - we are probably gonna look like this and I think the habs will be able to compete. They have loss 22 games this years by one goal... 30 if you count games where the other team added a goal in an empty net.

Add Dach back, and improved Slaf, a healed Caufield and Newhook... plus a guy like Stamkos... and I think this team will suprise a lot of people, even starting next year.

KH, JG and Bobrov have really done a good job.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Hutson, Lane		3	$900,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber		4	$2,450,000
Barron, Justin		2	$2,150,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Stamkos, Steven		2	$10,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Eiserman, Cole		3	$900,000

Trades

MTL

2025 1st round pick (EDM)
2026 1st round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

POSITIVE VALUE TRADE - we will get good assets for theses guys.

EDM

Additional Details:

ANY TEAM

Both probably fetch around a late first

MTL

2024 4th round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

NEGATIVE VALUE TRADES: we will lose those trades.

SJS

Anderson, Josh
Dvorak, Christian
2025 1st round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

ANY TEAM:

would likely cost us a first to move Anderson

and we would get a 4th for Dvorak

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	$87,500,000	$68,443,750	$1,022,500	$4,940,000	$19,056,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 1	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 6	Eiserman, Cole $900,000$900,000
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Stamkos, Steven $10,500,000$10,500,000 LW, C UFA
Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Beck, Owen $885,000$885,000 ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 2	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 1	Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1
		Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Reinbacher, David $950,000$950,000 ($1,000,000$1M) RD RFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Xhekaj, Arber $2,450,000$2,450,000 LD/RD RFA	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 RD RFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Hutson, Lane $900,000$900,000 LD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Barron, Justin $2,150,000$2,150,000 RD RFA

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

Mar. 27 at 10:46 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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They'll never pay to move players as long as the cap isn't an issue, which it won't be for another 4-5 years.

Love to see Matheson and Savard traded but reality is that one of them likely stays as the grizzled vet of the group. That's likely to be Savard since they have less depth at RHD

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Mar. 27 at 10:51 a.m.

MTLaveragefan

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Quoting: Subbanator7667

You are right - I doubt they trade them... unless they want the roster spots. It wont be about the cap space, but about letting guys like Roy and Newhook play in the top 9.

I think Matheson can fetch some good value... and it will be better for the habs to have someone else pick up all that playing time - He's got 48 pts and he is -27. Savard could probably stay on a cheap contract for the vet presence alone.

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Mar. 27 at 11:02 a.m.

drambui

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I think hutson has more of a chance to play on the second pair than xhekaj. he can still grow but he is really not there yet.

Mar. 27 at 11:19 a.m.

my_name_is_Fil

Joined: Nov. 2023

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Quoting: Subbanator7667

agreed. those two will get traded but one, then the other i imagine.
agreed on the return, and also agree mtl is not paying to move a player.
he got value out of petry

TWICE

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Mar. 27 at 11:39 a.m.

Waffelz

Joined: Jun. 2019

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The Sharks say yes, but what's the point of paying to move guys if you aren't going to use the cap space you cleared up?

Mar. 27 at 12:49 p.m.

canucksfan43

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Matheson could get a first, I don't think Savard does though prob a 2nd

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