DRAFT EISERMAN PLUS TRADE UP FOR IGINLA

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Created by: nilees24

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 18, 2024

Published: Apr. 18, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

2024 Off-Season Free Agent Departures:
Tanner Pearson (UFA)
Lias Andersson (RFA to UFA G6)
Filip Cederqvist (RFA to UFA G6)
Arnaud Durandeau (RFA to UFA G6)
Colin White (UFA)
Mitchell Stephens (UFA)
Philippe Maillet (UFA)
Mattias Norlinder (RFA to UFA G6)
Brady Keeper (UFA)
Chris Wideman (UFA)

2024 NHL Draft results (1st 3 rounds):
5th overall pick acquire Cole Eiserman (LW)
6th overall pick (from UTAH) acquire Tij Iginla (C)
64th overall pick (from COL) acquire Justin Poirier (RW)
70th overall pick acquire Carson Wetsch (RW)
78th overall pick (from MIN) acquire Tomas Lavoie (RD)

Trade candidates at 2025 Trade Deadline should Canadiens struggle during 2024/25 Season:
Anthony Mantha (UFA) - final year of contract (3rd round return)
Christian Dvorak (UFA) - final year of contract (5th round return)
Joel Armia (UFA) - final year of contract (3rd round return)
David Savard (UFA) - final year of contract (late 1st round return)
Johnathan Kovacevic (UFA) - final year of contract (5th round return)

UFA's re-signing after 2025 Trade Deadline or during 2025 Off-Season:
Jake Evans (3 year / 7.5 million)
Michael Pezzetta (1 year / 825k)

Additional 2025 Off-Season RFA/UFA Departures:
Jesse Ylönen (RFA to UFA G6)
Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (RFA to UFA G6)
Jacob Perreault (RFA to UFA G6)
Lucas Condotta (UFA)
Brandon Gignac (UFA)
Justin Barron (RFA trade candidate)
Radim Simek (UFA)
Magnus Hellberg (UFA)

2025 Off-Season Trade:
Trade Justin Barron, Sean Farrell, 2026 1st Rd pick (unprotected) to Anaheim for Trevor Zegras

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

Team Roster at start of 2025/26 Season (playoff contender):
Caufield - Suzuki 'C' - Slafkovsky
*Zegras (via trade) - Newhook - Dach
Roy - Gourde (UFA) - Gallagher 'A'
Heineman - Evans - Anderson
(Pezzetta) (Simoneau)

Matheson 'A' - Guhle
Hutson - Mailloux
Struble - Xhekaj
(Reinbacher)

Primeau - Montembeault
(Fowler)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Guindon, Cedrick	3	$833,333
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	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mantha, Anthony	1	$5,000,000
Simek, Radim	1	$775,000
Hellberg, Magnus	1	$775,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Eiserman, Cole		3	$950,000
Iginla, Tij		3	$950,000

Trades

MTL

2024 1st round pick (ARI)

ARI

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 26th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft (from WPG) along with their 1st round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft (unprotected) plus Jordan Harris to the Utah Grizzlies 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
26	$87,500,000	$78,063,750	$1,022,500	$4,727,500	$9,436,250

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
Mantha, Anthony $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA	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	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	Ylönen, Jesse $800,000$800,000 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
Hutson, Lane $950,000$950,000 ($750,000$750K) LD RFA - 2	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	Hellberg, Magnus $775,000$775,000 G UFA
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 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.		Mantha, A.
	Guhle, K.		Hutson, L.

Penalty Kill 1
	Evans, J.	Gallagher, B.
	Kovacevic, J.	Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Newhook, A.	Armia, J.
	Xhekaj, A.	Guhle, K.

Apr. 18 at 10:31 a.m.

SharkTank

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I keep reading Eiserman's stock is falling?

Why is that?

Wasn't he rated top 5 before the season started?

Apr. 18 at 10:31 a.m.

Matt1567

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Quoting: SharkTank

I keep reading Eiserman's stock is falling?

Why is that?

Wasn't he rated top 5 before the season started?

he has a very good shot and lacks pretty much everywhere else, I always think of him being ovi on the powerplay

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Apr. 18 at 10:32 a.m.

Rob32sjsharks

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I think too many scouts and ACGM’s are too low on Eiserman, even if he doesn’t develop another asset to his game he has an Ovechkin type snipe shot that could be super valuable to an NHL team. Not 100% sure Montreal is the best fit cause you guys already have a couple shoot first options, but I agree you shouldn’t pass on him if he falls

Apr. 18 at 10:33 a.m.

SharkTank

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Quoting: Matt1567

he has a very good shot and lacks pretty much everywhere else, I always think of him being ovi on the powerplay

If he's Ovi on the PP he should have a great NHL career! 😁

Apr. 18 at 10:33 a.m.

Matt1567

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I wouldn't trade an unprotected 1st in a stronger draft class to reach on Eiserman, and I'm not on the Iginla hype train, I think he's good but not 5th/6th overall good

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Apr. 18 at 10:36 a.m.

Matt1567

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Quoting: SharkTank

If he's Ovi on the PP he should have a great NHL career! 😁

In theory yes, but my point is he's good for one thing and one thing only, which generally doesn't translate well to the NHL. He's not got the skillset to play bottom 6, and he's very one-dimensional, he needs a Backstrom attached to him to succeed imo, and I don't think he's a guy that will succeed without significant development, he's a low-floor high-ceiling guy

Apr. 18 at 10:39 a.m.

SharkTank

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Quoting: Matt1567

I remember Zadina was highly rated in his draft year.

He lit up the Q with his quick, lethal shot.

He was the consensus #3 pick behind Dahlin and Svechnikov.

But he fell to #6 and Detroit picked him over Hughes, Dobson and Bouchard. 😬

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Apr. 18 at 10:42 a.m.

Matt1567

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Quoting: SharkTank

I got to see Zadina play in juniors, I was pissed when the Habs passed on him, in hindsight he wasn't the right choice but neither was Kotkaniemi...

Apr. 18 at 10:44 a.m.

SharkTank

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Quoting: Matt1567

I got to see Zadina play in juniors, I was pissed when the Habs passed on him, in hindsight he wasn't the right choice but neither was Kotkaniemi...

Yes hindsight is 20/20 and I'm hardly a draft Guru.

But I couldn't believe the Habs passed on Tkachuk.

I know they really wanted/needed a C.

But still...🤔

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Apr. 18 at 11:01 a.m.

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Jobob77

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Trading an unprotected 1st a year in advance when you are a rebuilding is pretty much the worst idea ever.

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Apr. 18 at 11:04 a.m.

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nilees24

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Quoting: Jobob77

Trading an unprotected 1st a year in advance when you are a rebuilding is pretty much the worst idea ever.

I disagree. They have the Flames 1st in 2025 already plus when the trade Savard at the 2025 Trade Deadline they'll fetch a first. Happy to slightly overpay for Tij Iginla.

Apr. 18 at 11:18 a.m.

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Jobob77

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Quoting: nilees24

I disagree. They have the Flames 1st in 2025 already plus when the trade Savard at the 2025 Trade Deadline they'll fetch a first. Happy to slightly overpay for Tij Iginla.

CGY pick could be high, but could also be FLO’s pick. It is not because you’ll have draft capital that you can trade a potential 1st overall pick. If Suzuki and Matheson are injured most of the year. MTL could have a down year. Giving it for Iginla when you can possibly have Misa or Hagens is irresponsible.

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