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Created by: Nick_SUCCzuki

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 3, 2024

Published: Apr. 3, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Matheson Trade: Opens a roster spot for the team, and gets assets that can be used to acquire below player. Carolina gets an offensive d on a good contract who can replace Skjei on the second pairing.

Johnston: Would fit nicely into our top 6. Habs are missing elite pieces, so hopefully they can add either him or Zegras with a similar package. 2 later firsts plus Barron and Armia (who has been our 5th best forward this year after the big 3, Roy and Newhook).

Draft Pick: If Lidstrom and Demidov are both gone, pick BPA, even if he's a defenseman.

Overall, I think this team would be much better than this year, but will miss playoffs due to a pretty rough defensive core. With Reinbacher and Hutson playing the top pairing in Laval, hopefully both guys will make the team in 2025-26 and we can sneak into a wild card

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Engström, Adam		1	$950,000
Hutson, Lane		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber		2	$2,000,000
Johnson, Kent		2	$3,500,000

Trades

MTL

Suzuki, Ryan [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (CAR)

CAR

Matheson, Michael

MTL

Johnson, Kent [RFA Rights]

CBJ

Armia, Joel
Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2024 1st round pick (CAR)

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
22	$83,500,000	$66,938,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$16,561,250

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
Johnson, Kent $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C RFA	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
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
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
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD RFA	Mailloux, Logan $875,000$875,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Apr. 3 at 12:12 p.m.

Lancebmx

Joined: Oct. 2020

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Don't know why Carolina would pay that for what would be a third pairing defenseman on their team?
You aren't getting Kent Johnson for scraps.

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Apr. 3 at 12:12 p.m.

dk325

Dolzhenkov Is Coming

Joined: Mar. 2022

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The Habs' castaways and late 1sts are of no interest to the Jackets if they're asking for Kent Johnson.

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Apr. 3 at 12:15 p.m.

ht42

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Quoting: Lancebmx

Don't know why Carolina would pay that for what would be a third pairing defenseman on their team?
You aren't getting Kent Johnson for scraps.

3rd pairing Dman ????????

Just look the stats...........

Apr. 3 at 12:17 p.m.

BoomerTheHero

Joined: Jun. 2021

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Jackets easily pass. You have to give to get, and you arent giving anything of interest.

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Apr. 3 at 12:18 p.m.

Lancebmx

Joined: Oct. 2020

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Quoting: ht42

3rd pairing Dman ????????

Just look the stats...........

Just look at the roster.........

Slavin, Orlov........

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Apr. 3 at 12:19 p.m.

MTLaveragefan

I post sometimes

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I think we can aim higher with Matheson - the guy is on CHEAP contract and is projected for 60 pts this season.

I'm sure a team in the 12-to 15 range this draft could be interested.

Apr. 3 at 12:42 p.m.

Friendly_Cannon

Joined: Aug. 2019

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Why are there so many kj trades today. No this one does not fit our needs either.

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Apr. 3 at 12:43 p.m.

ht42

Joined: Apr. 2022

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Quoting: Lancebmx

Just look at the roster.........

Slavin, Orlov........

Matheson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Orlov..............................................................

Apr. 3 at 12:45 p.m.

Matt1567

Joined: Jan. 2018

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Quoting: ht42

Matheson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Orlov..............................................................

this season sure, every other season Orlov blows Matheson away

Apr. 3 at 12:52 p.m.

#10

Caniac2000

Joined: May 2018

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Quoting: ht42

Matheson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Orlov..............................................................

Orlov >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Matheson, Orlov is a genuine top pairing D man. Matheson is a good top 4 guy that can QB a PP.

Apr. 3 at 12:53 p.m.

#11

Caniac2000

Joined: May 2018

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Quoting: Matt1567

this season sure, every other season Orlov blows Matheson away

Even this season, Orlov's playing on his own because Chatfield is as useful as a Christmas ornament, and that pairing is top of the league in xGA... he's been a BEAST. He just hasn't showed up on the score sheet because he's on a pairing by himself

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Apr. 3 at 12:54 p.m.

#12

habs_need_Scoring

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Matheson probably slots into the 3rd pairing. His point total this year is skewed by his pp production, 26pp points, most of which are secondary assist where he is dumping the puck down to a forward who then makes a play. Factor that in with the amount of mistake he makes on a nightly basis i'd be extremely happy to see him leave for whatever they could get back. I think they will look to open up more opportunities for the younger core and Savard is the more logical option to keep around is you want a vet in the room, his value wont be as high in a trade and you want young dman playing with his level of intensity.

Apr. 3 at 12:55 p.m.

#13

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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Gee I wonder why the Canes brought in Orlov. Oh yeah, to be the replacement for Skjei if he walks. Matheson plays 3LD every day behind Slavin and Orlov, and then proceeds to get scratched when Nikishin comes over. Canes would love to have Matheson, but it makes no sense, especially with other players needing to be signed more.

Apr. 3 at 1:03 p.m.

#14

dopplsan

Nah.

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MTL: Please 👏 Stop 👏 Trading 👏 For👏 KJ👏 This is getting close to "Jenner to TML" levels of thirst.

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Apr. 3 at 1:14 p.m.

#15

TheDuminator

HabsFan

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Trading for KJ = CBJ will pick Lindstrom in replacement...
Today CBJ need more a DEF so let not help them to change there mind for Forward.

Apr. 3 at 1:25 p.m.

#16

Lancebmx

Joined: Oct. 2020

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Quoting: ht42

Matheson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Orlov..............................................................

Lol no

Apr. 3 at 1:27 p.m.

#17

BoomerTheHero

Joined: Jun. 2021

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Quoting: TheDuminator

Trading for KJ = CBJ will pick Lindstrom in replacement...
Today CBJ need more a DEF so let not help them to change there mind for Forward.

If Lindstrom is there for us we would take him, i would hope. We dont need DEF, we need to take BPA.

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Apr. 3 at 1:36 p.m.

#18

TheDuminator

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Quoting: BoomerTheHero

If Lindstrom is there for us we would take him, i would hope. We dont need DEF, we need to take BPA.

BPA will be a Def at 4th one of Silayev or Levchunov... hopefully for you Silayev LHD to pair with jiricek

Apr. 3 at 1:38 p.m.

#19

BoomerTheHero

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Quoting: TheDuminator

BPA will be a Def at 4th one of Silayev or Levchunov... hopefully for you Silayev LHD to pair with jiricek

We already have Werenski and Mateychuk, so like i said defense really isnt much of a need.

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Apr. 3 at 1:47 p.m.

#20

TheDuminator

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Quoting: BoomerTheHero

We already have Werenski and Mateychuk, so like i said defense really isnt much of a need.

I like Mateychuk game @ 5'11'' but Silayev at 6'7'' or Levch who we compare to Power... better BPA then Lindstrom and you are logjam at C: Fantilli, Voronkov, Sillinger, Johnson... If Demidov is gone you have to go with of of these two...

Apr. 3 at 1:48 p.m.

#21

BoomerTheHero

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Quoting: TheDuminator

I like Mateychuk game 5'11'' but Silayev at 6'7'' or Levch who we compare to Power... better BPA then Lindstrom and you are logjam at C: Fantilli, Voronkov, Sillinger, Johnson... If Demidov is gone you have to go with of of these two...

yeah who knows, but KJ is not a center

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Apr. 3 at 1:50 p.m.

#22

TheDuminator

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Quoting: BoomerTheHero

yeah who knows, but KJ is not a center

built your AGM and tag me

Apr. 3 at 9:59 p.m.

#23

CaseyFlyman

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"Johnston: Would fit nicely into our top 6."

If you're going to get us to click on your post for what amounts to the same trade that's on here 4 times a day, minimum...you could at least get his name right.

The only pieces CBJ would consider in a Johnson trade are the ones MTL would be unwilling to move (Suzuki, Slafkovsky, Reinbacher, 2024 1st unprotected). The idea isn't original or feasible, please Habs fans: let it die.

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