DRAFT LINDSTROM PLUS TRADE UP FOR IGINLA

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Created by: nilees24

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 9, 2024

Published: Apr. 9, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

2024 Off-Season Free Agent Departures:
Tanner Pearson (UFA)
Filip Cederqvist (RFA)
Arnaud Durandeau (RFA)
Colin White (UFA)
Mitchell Stephens (UFA)
Philippe Maillet (UFA)
Mattias Norlinder (RFA)
Brady Keeper (UFA)
Chris Wideman (UFA)

2024 NHL draft results (1st 3 rounds):
5th overall pick acquire Cayden Lindstrom (C)
8th overall pick (from CGY) acquire Tij Iginla (C)
64th overall pick (from COL) acquire Justin Poirier (RW)
70th overall pick acquire Ondrej Kos (LW)
79th overall pick (from MIN) acquire Alexis Bernier (RD)

Trade candidates at 2025 Trade Deadline should Canadiens struggle during 2024/25 Season:
Christian Dvorak (UFA) - final year of contract (50% salary retention candidate)
Joel Armia (UFA) - final year of contract (50% salary retention candidate)
David Savard (UFA) - final year of contract (50% salary retention candidate)
Jake Evans (UFA) - final year of contract

2025 Off-Season Reserve List signings (x5):
Oliver Kapanen (C)
Rhett Pitlick (LW)
Florian Xhekaj (LW)
Adam Engström (LD)
Quentin Miller (G)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fowler, Jacob	3	$918,333
Tuch, Luke	2	$885,000
Guindon, Cedrick	3	$883,333
Davidson, Jared	2	$825,000
Biondi, Blake	2	$825,000
Nurmi, Petteri	2	$825,000
Tourigny, Miguël	2	$825,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber	5	$2,250,000
Barron, Justin	1	$850,000
Ylönen, Jesse	1	$825,000
Andersson, Lias	2	$775,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Simek, Radim		1	$775,000
Hellberg, Magnus		1	$775,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lindstrom, Cayden	3	$950,000
Iginla, Tij	3	$950,000
Paquette-Bisson, Tobie	1	$775,000

Trades

MTL

2024 1st round pick (CGY)

CGY

Harris, Jordan
2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2025 1st round pick (MTL)

Additional Details:

*Off-Season trade on the 2024 Draft floor. Canadiens trade the 25th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft (from WPG) along with their 1st round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft (unprotected) and Jordan Harris to the Flames for the 8th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. Acquire Tij Iginla (C).

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,500,000	$71,363,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$16,136,250

Roster

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	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, 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	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	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
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 1		Ylönen, Jesse $825,000$825,000 RW, LW RFA

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
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD RFA	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1
	Barron, Justin $850,000$850,000 RD RFA

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

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Caufield, C.		Suzuki, N.		Newhook, A.
	Struble, J.		Matheson, M.

Power Play 2
Slafkovsky, J.		Dach, K.		Roy, J.
	Guhle, K.		Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Evans, J.	Armia, J.
	Matheson, M.	Kovacevic, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Dvorak, C.	Gallagher, B.
	Xhekaj, A.	Guhle, K.

Apr. 9 at 8:53 a.m.

Renegade_H

Flyers

Joined: Jun. 2023

Posts: 636

Likes: 273

Looking at NHL draft pick value per pick, it could be fair depending on where CGY sees MTL next year. Would be ballsy move by MTL though. They aren't ready to compete.

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Apr. 9 at 9:14 a.m.

Bast

First round bust

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 954

Likes: 410

If Iginla is on the board, then CGY is picking him unless they win the draft lottery.

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Apr. 9 at 9:17 a.m.

Logicalicesports

Joined: Feb. 2023

Posts: 2,009

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There is not a world where I see the Flames not picking Iggy's kid. The only way I could ever see them not selecting him would be if they make it into the top 3 selections. I do not think any team would justify taking Iggy 2.0 before the eighth pick anyway. Too many higher tier prospects to select

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Apr. 9 at 9:19 a.m.

nilees24

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 451

Likes: 25

Quoting: Bast

If Iginla is on the board, then CGY is picking him unless they win the draft lottery.

is that a fair trade to move up 17 spots?

Apr. 9 at 9:28 a.m.

Bast

First round bust

Joined: May 2023

Posts: 954

Likes: 410

Quoting: nilees24

is that a fair trade to move up 17 spots?

Yeah, I think it's fair based on where CGY, and MTL are.

That said, it really depends on how much does the CGY scouting staff likes the players available compared to 17 picks later. It also depends on if the 2025 draft looks stronger than 2024, and if the Flames scouts believe that MTL will pick in the top 10.

I think that next year's draft is better and that MTL will probably have a top 8 pick, so I would personally go for it.

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Apr. 9 at 9:37 a.m.

emoprettyboy

Joined: Feb. 2022

Posts: 2,038

Likes: 1,045

I think if Calgary gave up the pick that a different team then used to draft Tij, there would be riots in Alberta

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Apr. 9 at 2:43 p.m.

MoxNix

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 7,874

Likes: 3,307

Quoting: emoprettyboy

I think if Calgary gave up the pick that a different team then used to draft Tij, there would be riots in Alberta

A fact which Conroy and his special advisor Jarome are very well aware of. Even meddling micro managing majority owner Murray Edwards has to know that.

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