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)
6th overall pick (from ARZ) 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
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 (ARI)

ARI

Harris, Jordan
Ylönen, Jesse [RFA Rights]
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), Jordan Harris, and Jesse Ylönen to the Coyotes for the 6th 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	$71,436,250	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$16,063,750

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		Heineman, Emil $897,500$897,500 LW, RW RFA - 1

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.
	Anderson, J.		Matheson, M.

Power Play 2
Slafkovsky, J.		Dach, K.		Roy, J.
	Guhle, K.		Struble, J.

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 9:51 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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Don't think the Yotes are the team to target with this trade and I don't think Iginla will be a top 7 pick.

Better to aim for a pick between 11-15 and grab who ever drops, whether that be a Yakemchuk or Eiserman

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Apr. 9 at 9:52 a.m.

Matt1567

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trading our unprotected 1st and not significantly improving the team is a recipe for disaster, and personally I don't get the Tij Iginla hype, I think he's a mid-late 1st rounder if his last name wasn't Iginla

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Apr. 9 at 10:11 a.m.

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: Subbanator7667

would you do a big splash like Ghule for 6th ?

Apr. 9 at 10:21 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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Quoting: habitantlecolon

would you do a big splash like Ghule for 6th ?

If you're doing that then it's to get a player you really want because all you're doing is creating a hole that needs to get filed

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Apr. 9 at 10:27 a.m.

Jay27

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Quoting: Matt1567

While I agree with your take on the trade I do understand the Iginla hype. The kid only turns 18 in August, has good size, plays the game right, possesses a good shot and is ripping it up when it matters most rn. The Iginla name definitely doesn’t hurt either but it’s not the only reason he’s being talked up as a possible top 10 pick. Don’t be surprised if the Habs call his name with their first pick this year…I know I wouldn’t be disappointed if they did.

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Apr. 9 at 10:29 a.m.

habitantlecolon

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Quoting: Subbanator7667

If you're doing that then it's to get a player you really want because all you're doing is creating a hole that needs to get filed

is

Hutson - Reinbacher
Xhekaj - Mailloux
Struble - Harris
Engstrom

an option for our D-core or is it too thin?

Apr. 9 at 10:36 a.m.

Matt1567

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Quoting: Jay27

I think him and Eiserman are very similar, both are the same size, really good shooters, Eiserman is a few weeks younger and while the rest of his game may not be as good they're in the same tier for me and Eiserman isn't that highly ranked by most mocks I've seen. I look at the forwards in the draft as Celebrini being the clear #1, then Demidov Catton and Lindstrom in tier 2, and then guys like Eiserman and Iginla in tier 3, which in my opinion isn't worth trading an unprotected 1st for when we're a bottom 10 team.

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Apr. 9 at 10:38 a.m.

Matt1567

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Quoting: habitantlecolon

is

Hutson - Reinbacher
Xhekaj - Mailloux
Struble - Harris
Engstrom

an option for our D-core or is it too thin?

it's more to do with the fact that Guhle is already our best defenseman and he's still really young, he's also the only one of those guys that is a guaranteed top 4 dman, I sure hope this doesn't happen but there's realities that none of those guys become top 4 dmen and we're looking back at a Guhle trade like we look at the Drouin-Sergachev deal

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Apr. 9 at 11:10 a.m.

CaseyFlyman

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If Columbus lands at 4OA and Lindstrom is still available, I don't think there's any way he's making it past 4.

SJ: Celebrini (Best Player Available)
CHI: Demidov (BPA)
ANA: Levshunov (Likely BPA and fills a huge need)
CBJ: Lindstrom (Best forward available, and fills a need)

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Apr. 9 at 12:48 p.m.

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Howie

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You do realize the habs have one available retain slot for next year

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Apr. 9 at 3:21 p.m.

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Jay27

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Quoting: Matt1567

Oh yeah I completely agree trading an unprotected first next year to move up this year is a terrible idea, I was only saying that Iginla is worth the hype and IMO worth using the top 10 pick the Habs currently have to draft him is okay with me.

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Apr. 9 at 4:02 p.m.

#12

Matt1567

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Quoting: Jay27

it depends who's available but I wouldn't hate him if the top 4 forwards and Levshunov are gone

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