DRAFT IGINLA PLUS TRADE UP FOR DICKINSON

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Created by: nilees24

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 10, 2024

Published: Apr. 11, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

2024 Off-Season Free Agent Departures:
Tanner Pearson (UFA)
Jesse Ylönen (RFA by trade)
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 (from SLC) acquire Sam Dickinson (LD)
6th overall pick acquire Tij Iginla (C)
64th overall pick (from COL) acquire Justin Poirier (RW)
71st overall pick acquire Ondrej Kos (LW)
78th 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)
David Savard (UFA) - final year of contract

UFA's re-signing during 2025 Off-Season:
Joel Armia (3 year / 9 million)
Jake Evans (3 year / 7.5 million)
Michael Pezzetta (1 year / 825k)

2025 Off-Season Reserve List signings (x4):
Oliver Kapanen (C)
Rhett Pitlick (LW)
Lane Hutson (LD)
Jacob Fowler (G)

2026 Off-Season Reserve List signings (x4):
Filip Eriksson (C)
Luke Middlestadt (LD)
Adam Engström (LD)
Quentin Miller (G)

D-Pairings at start of 2026-27 Season:
Hutson - Guhle
Struble - Reinbacher
Xhekaj - Mailloux
(Dickinson)
*Trade Justin Barron prior to start of 2026/27 season

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
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
Mantha, Anthony		1	$5,000,000
Hellberg, Magnus		1	$775,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dickinson, Sam	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 (top-10 protected), Jordan Harris, and Jesse Ylönen to the Coyotes for the 5th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. Acquire Sam Dickinson (LD).

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	$75,538,750	$1,022,500	$3,977,500	$11,961,250

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
Mantha, Anthony $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C 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		Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 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.		Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Evans, J.	Gallagher, B.
	Matheson, M.	Kovacevic, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Dvorak, C.	Armia, J.
	Xhekaj, A.	Guhle, K.

Apr. 11 at 1:19 p.m.

Lafleur10

Juraj SlafDadsky

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Get a concrete top 6 with two top 10 talent forwards that can lead the franchise for years to come?

Nah, throw another LHD on the pile so we can push one of Ghule/Hutson to play 3rd pairing for years to come.

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Apr. 11 at 1:29 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

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Ah, yes, the unwanted superfluous bottom-tier Harris & Ylonen combo as a key element in a major trade.

The top-10 protection on the 2025 first means that pick will have the value of a mid-round selection and that's IF it isn't shifted to 2026, further devaluing it from Arizona's point of view -- probably to the same year as the player picked with the no. 6 (Arizona isn't likely to fall all the way to no. 5) hits the NHL. So you're going to need an impact-now incentive like Kaiden Guhle to persuade Arizona to move back from no. 6 to no. 26 (or wherever). But then you'd get to keep the future first.

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Apr. 11 at 1:29 p.m.

nilees24

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Quoting: Lafleur10

Perhaps.
D-Pairings at start of 2026-27 Season (with Savard, Matheson, Kovacevic departures):
Hutson - Guhle
Struble - Mailloux
Xhekaj - Barron
(Reinbacher)

Apr. 11 at 1:40 p.m.

HabsCanucks

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Quoting: nilees24

Perhaps.
D-Pairings at start of 2026-27 Season (with Savard, Matheson, Kovacevic departures):
Hutson - Guhle
Struble - Mailloux
Xhekaj - Barron
(Reinbacher)

Why is Reinbacher our 7th defenseman in October 2026?

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Apr. 11 at 1:44 p.m.

nilees24

Thread Starter

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Quoting: HabsCanucks

Why is Reinbacher our 7th defenseman in October 2026?

Well how about we trade Barron and move Reinbacher on the 2nd pairing and put Dickinson as the 7th Dman
Hutson - Guhle
Struble - Reinbacher
Xhekaj - Mailloux
(Dickinson)

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Apr. 11 at 1:54 p.m.

HabsCanucks

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Quoting: nilees24

Well how about we trade Barron and move Reinbacher on the 2nd pairing and put Dickinson as the 7th Dman
Hutson - Guhle
Struble - Reinbacher
Xhekaj - Mailloux
(Dickinson)

It's not perfect, but I like that better

Apr. 11 at 2:44 p.m.

MoxNix

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LOL Hutson isn't an NHL player.

Apr. 11 at 2:51 p.m.

Caufield

Sennecke is a gem

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Quoting: MoxNix

LOL Hutson isn't an NHL player.

Unrelated, but who do u want CGY to draft this year?

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Apr. 11 at 2:52 p.m.

nilees24

Thread Starter

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Quoting: Caufield

Unrelated, but who do u want CGY to draft this year?

Tij Iginla

Apr. 11 at 2:53 p.m.

#10

Caufield

Sennecke is a gem

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Quoting: nilees24

Tij Iginla

Hopefully he is gone before (MTL drafts him)

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Apr. 11 at 3:07 p.m.

#11

MoxNix

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Quoting: Caufield

Unrelated, but who do u want CGY to draft this year?

Tij Iginla or Carter Yakemchuk. Better yet trade for another pick around 10th OA and get both. If Montreal takes Tij (I doubt they will) then it's pretty likely someone expected to go top 6 is still around at 8.

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