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Created by: Matt1567

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 8, 2024

Published: Apr. 8, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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- Move a defenseman, likely one of Barron, Harris or Kovacevic to clear up the logjam on the backend
- Re-sign Xhekaj and Barron (if not traded) to bridge deals, make them earn a a big contract in a few years
- Bring in some AHL depth, but guys that can be depth NHLers too if needed
- Sign a 3rd string goalie, someone that can be a starter for Laval and play in the NHL if needed, some unlikely targets could include Matt Murray (TOR) and Chris Driedger, but more likely someone of the Magnus Hellberg or Oskar Dansk esque
- Let Laval load up with prospects for the season and have them try to compete for the Calder cup, don't rush anyone to the NHL
- Draft a forward with our 1st, and BPA for the rest of the draft, too many good prospects is a good problem to have
- Sign Slafkovsky to an 8-year extension before the season (something around 7.5 mil), I think his value is only gonna go up this season, lock up Guhle too for 6-7 mil on a long deal
- Keep the NHL roster the same unless someone wants Anderson or Gallagher without an equally bad contract coming back or paying to dump them, pray for some more health, and don't force anything, let the team develop and see where it takes them, I think a playoff push is possible

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Engström, Adam	3	$900,000
Hutson, Lane	3	$950,000
Kapanen, Oliver	3	$900,000
Tuch, Luke	3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber		2	$2,000,000
Barron, Justin		2	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Stephens, Mitchell	1	$800,000
Lorentz, Steven	1	$900,000
Dansk, Oscar	1	$850,000

Trades

MTL

Poolman, Tucker
2024 3rd round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

Habs clear up the defensive logjam somewhat and get a pick for a player that doesn't have a long-term future with the team, while taking on a cap dump (assuming he's healthy) that has a cheap buyout or can sit for the season (like Chris Wideman is this year). If he's not healthy he can go on LTIR for the year

VAN

Kovacevic, Johnathan

Additional Details:

Canucks get a dman making less than the league minimum that can be a good 6/7 dman while moving salary

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	$87,700,000	$74,972,083	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$12,727,917

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	Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
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
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1	Lorentz, Steven $900,000$900,000 C, LW, RW UFA

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
Xhekaj, Arber $2,000,000$2,000,000 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	Barron, Justin $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD RFA
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Poolman, Tucker $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2

Apr. 8 at 12:04 p.m.

Subbanator7667

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Love this strategy. Keep it simple, no big trades for a forward, no FA signings, just let the youth play their way up.

Next season you're likely looking at another top 10 pick to add to the core, they'll have like 20+ million in cap space with limited players to resign and there's a much better FA agent market next season to spend money on

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Apr. 8 at 12:08 p.m.

notaplanet_1556

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Poolman is LTIR retired at this point.

Apr. 8 at 12:14 p.m.

Matt1567

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Matt1567

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Quoting: Subbanator7667

exactly, guys like Dvorak, Armia, Anderson and Gallgher are likely gonna cost us to dump them, but there's no rush to do so, most of our forward prospects are still a year or more away from being ready, and the last thing that we want to have happen is we sign a free agent or a few that end up being in the same boat as Anderson and Gallagher are in now, overpaid with term, and this years FA class for forwards is basically Guentzel, Reinhart, Lindholm, and a bunch of older guys looking to win a cup or get one last big contract, not quite what Montreal need, and while a lot of these guys won't hit the market next summer, Marner, Rantanen, Draisaitl, Crosby, Verhaeghe, Konecny, Boeser, Buchnevich, Sharangovich, Ehlers, etc. are all potential free agents next summer, a way larger group than what's available this year

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Apr. 8 at 12:15 p.m.

Matt1567

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Matt1567

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Quoting: notaplanet_1556

Poolman is LTIR retired at this point.

yeah, I figured he was, but I've seen trades of him being dumped so I wasn't 100% sure. Doesn't really affect the trade, he was mainly a contract spot going to Montreal more than anything

Apr. 8 at 12:24 p.m.

Dickie_Dunn

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Canucks have a very solid 6/7 and an RD in Noah Juulsen. Canucks nomination for the Masterton. Cant see much interest in Kovacevic. Also, both Cole and Soucy can play the right side too.

Apr. 8 at 12:52 p.m.

Matt1567

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Matt1567

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Quoting: Dickie_Dunn

Canucks have a very solid 6/7 and an RD in Noah Juulsen. Canucks nomination for the Masterton. Cant see much interest in Kovacevic. Also, both Cole and Soucy can play the right side too.

the canucks only have 3 of their 8 dmen under contract next season, not saying they won't re-sign guys but having cheap depth is a good thing and Kovacevic is exactly that

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