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DRAFT IGINLA WITH TRADE UP FOR EISERMAN PLUS TSYPLAKOV SIGNING AND DUBOIS TRADE

Created by: nilees24
Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens
Initial Creation Date: May 14, 2024
Published: May 14, 2024
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
2024 Off-Season Free Agent Departures:
Tanner Pearson (UFA)
Jesse Ylönen (RFA to UFA G6)
Lias Andersson (RFA to UFA G6)
Filip Cederqvist (RFA to UFA G6)
Arnaud Durandeau (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 Tij Iginla (C)
6th overall pick (from UTAH) acquire Cole Eiserman (LW)
60th overall pick (from COL) acquire Justin Poirier (RW)
70th overall pick acquire Tomas Lavoie (RD)
78th overall pick (from MIN) acquire Carson Wetsch (RW)

Trade candidates at 2025 Trade Deadline should Canadiens struggle during 2024/25 Season (no salary retention candidates):
Anthony Mantha (UFA) - final year of contract (3rd 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)
Free Agent Signings
RESERVE LISTYEARSCAP HIT
3$883,333
2$855,000
2$825,000
2$825,000
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
5$2,250,000
1$850,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$5,000,000
1$775,000
CREATEDYEARSCAP HIT
Iginla, Tij
3$950,000
Eiserman, Cole
3$950,000
Tsyplakov, Maxim
2$1,000,000
Trades
1.
MTL
  1. 2024 1st round pick (ARI)
ARI
  1. Harris, Jordan
  2. 2024 1st round pick (WPG)
  3. 2025 1st round pick (CGY)
Additional Details:
*Off-Season trade on the 2024 Draft floor. Canadiens trade the 24th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft (from WPG) along with a 1st round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft (from CGY) plus Jordan Harris to the Utah Blizzard for the 6th overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. Acquire Cole Eiserman (LW).
2.
MTL
PHI
    *future considerations

    Trade after 2024 NHL Draft. Flyers clear cap space for 2024/25 season. The price to clear this amount of cap space is Ty Murchison (LD).
    3.
    MTL
    1. Dubois, Pierre-Luc ($2,000,000 retained)
    Additional Details:
    *Kings retain 23.53% for the remaining 7 years of Dubois' contract. The time to get out of Dubois' contract is now before his NMC kicks in.
    LAK
    1. Anderson, Josh
    2. Biondi, Blake [Reserve List]
    3. Dvorak, Christian ($2,225,000 retained)
    Additional Details:
    *Canadiens retain 50% for the remaining year of Dvorak's contract.
    Retained Salary Transactions
    Buried
    DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
    2024
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    2025
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    2026
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    ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
    23$87,500,000$79,263,750$1,022,500$4,727,500$8,236,250

    Roster

    Left WingCentreRight Wing
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    $7,850,000$7,850,000
    LW, RW
    UFA - 7
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    $7,875,000$7,875,000
    C
    UFA - 6
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $950,000$950,000 (Performance Bonus$3,500,000$4M)
    RW, LW
    RFA - 1
    $5,000,000$5,000,000
    LW, RW
    UFA
    Logo of the Los Angeles Kings
    $6,500,000$6,500,000
    C
    NMC
    UFA - 7
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    $3,362,500$3,362,500
    C, RW
    RFA - 2
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    $835,000$835,000
    LW, RW
    RFA - 2
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    $2,900,000$2,900,000
    C, LW
    RFA - 3
    Tsyplakov, Maxim
    $1,000,000$1,000,000
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    $3,400,000$3,400,000
    RW, LW
    UFA - 1
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    $1,700,000$1,700,000
    C
    UFA - 1
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    $6,500,000$6,500,000
    RW, LW
    M-NTC, NMC
    UFA - 3
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $812,500$812,500
    LW, RW
    UFA - 1
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $1,100,000$1,100,000
    LW, RW
    RFA - 1
    Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $4,875,000$4,875,000
    LD
    M-NTC
    UFA - 2
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    $863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$420,000$420K)
    LD/RD
    RFA - 1
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    $3,150,000$3,150,000
    G
    UFA - 3
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    $950,000$950,000 (Performance Bonus$750,000$750K)
    LD
    RFA - 2
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    $3,500,000$3,500,000
    RD
    UFA - 1
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    $890,000$890,000
    G
    RFA - 1
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $2,250,000$2,250,000
    LD/RD
    RFA
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $766,667$766,667
    RD
    UFA - 1
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $867,500$867,500 (Performance Bonus$57,500$58K)
    LD
    RFA - 1
    ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
    Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
    $10,500,000$10,500,000
    G
    NMC
    UFA - 2

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    May 14 at 8:59 a.m.
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    Pick 24 all the way up to pick 6 will cost you a whole lot more than this laugh
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    May 14 at 9:02 a.m.
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    Eiserman doesnt seem to be on Habs radar at all. And likely falls further than 6th.

    At 5 we are rumoured to be interested in Demidov, Lindstrom, Iginla, Sennecke. At least 2 of those players will be available at 5, so if you trade up for 6 (which i dont think Arizona takes this deal) its not gonna be for Eiserman is his rumoured issues.
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    May 14 at 9:26 a.m.
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    My guess is you would need to swap that Calgary pick for the Habs 25 first (top 3-5 protected) and swap Harris for Hutson or someone on that level. Even then I doubt Utah takes it. Top 10 picks are rarely traded
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    May 14 at 9:36 a.m.
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    Quoting: SK101
    My guess is you would need to swap that Calgary pick for the Habs 25 first (top 3-5 protected) and swap Harris for Hutson or someone on that level. Even then I doubt Utah takes it. Top 10 picks are rarely traded


    Trading Hutson would be a non starter for Habs. Far too much potential.
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    May 14 at 9:44 a.m.
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    LA has a better chance of making the PLD contract work than Anderson and Dvorak.
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    May 14 at 9:46 a.m.
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    LA has a better chance of making the PLD contract work than Anderson and Dvorak.


    Sure good luck with that smile
    May 14 at 10:16 a.m.
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    Quoting: tryger
    LA has a better chance of making the PLD contract work than Anderson and Dvorak.


    Dvorak is gone after this season. Anderson only has a couple years left. The cap space alone is probably worth it. This coming from a Montreal fan that wouldnt touch PLD with a 10ft pole.
    May 14 at 10:54 a.m.
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    Quoting: nilees24
    Sure good luck with that smile


    Quoting: RobbStark003
    Dvorak is gone after this season. Anderson only has a couple years left. The cap space alone is probably worth it. This coming from a Montreal fan that wouldnt touch PLD with a 10ft pole.



    Sound good, LA is committed to making it work. Hope Anderson and Dvorak work out for y'all.
    May 14 at 11:04 a.m.
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    Flyers accept.
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    May 14 at 11:24 a.m.
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    Sound good, LA is committed to making it work. Hope Anderson and Dvorak work out for y'all.


    Why are Kings fans so pumped about Dubois? HIs NMC window kicks in this off-season. What are you expecting for a trade return for Dubois (assume Kings retain 2mill/year)? Considering that Kings have little leverage in a trade for a player like Dubois who's signed for 7 more years and played 14 mins a night on the 3rd line in the playoffs.
    May 14 at 11:59 a.m.
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    Why are Kings fans so pumped about Dubois? HIs NMC window kicks in this off-season. What are you expecting for a trade return for Dubois (assume Kings retain 2mill/year)? Considering that Kings have little leverage in a trade for a player like Dubois who's signed for 7 more years and played 14 mins a night on the 3rd line in the playoffs.


    We aren't pumped on him, it's clear they aren't buying him out and Blake can't take a loss on the contract as his job hinges on it. The Kings can't afford to retain $2M a year for 7 years AND take on bad contracts while Kopitar still is on this team. This is just being realistic, if Blake made the above trade at even $1M retained, he would be fired immediately.

    I watched every game PLD played in, I'm not that surprised he didn't thrive. He was placed in a defensive system, given probably the worst linemates of his career, and tried too much to play like Kopitar and Danault, which he is not like. His most common linemate was Laffy, who up until last season had played 4 AHL games and no NHL experience. He went through a gauntlet of NHL tweeners like Kaliyev and JAD. His line with FIala could score, but was defensively vulnerable, when he had Lewis and Laffy he was defensively sound but those two couldn't score. It was only when Kopitar or Danault sat, that it was clear that PLD could easily take over a top-6 role, they just didn't have the players to play with him as he wasn't defensively as strong as Danaut and Kopitar. The long-term injury to Arvidsson pushed Fiala up to Danault's line, and basically, PLD hit rock bottom until mid-season. After the coaching change PLD started to hit his stride, he still had weak linemates but played more of his game.

    It's not that LA is super excited for PLD, it's that they feel more confident they can salvage a 25 year old who has shown he can bounce back, than throw in the towel and retain as well as take on bad contracts. If next season PLD is still a 45 point winger, Blake will already be fired and the Kings will be on the hook for one of the worst contracts in the league. But the likelihood is, he is paired with Byfield (who he has statistically thrived with) and he becomes a 60-70 point player. PLD has done this before, look at his first season with Winnipeg, he's been bad, but he was not the primary reason LA fired their coach, he was not why LA lost in the playoffs.
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    May 14 at 12:56 p.m.
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    May 14 at 12:59 p.m.
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    We aren't pumped on him, it's clear they aren't buying him out and Blake can't take a loss on the contract as his job hinges on it. The Kings can't afford to retain $2M a year for 7 years AND take on bad contracts while Kopitar still is on this team. This is just being realistic, if Blake made the above trade at even $1M retained, he would be fired immediately.

    I watched every game PLD played in, I'm not that surprised he didn't thrive. He was placed in a defensive system, given probably the worst linemates of his career, and tried too much to play like Kopitar and Danault, which he is not like. His most common linemate was Laffy, who up until last season had played 4 AHL games and no NHL experience. He went through a gauntlet of NHL tweeners like Kaliyev and JAD. His line with FIala could score, but was defensively vulnerable, when he had Lewis and Laffy he was defensively sound but those two couldn't score. It was only when Kopitar or Danault sat, that it was clear that PLD could easily take over a top-6 role, they just didn't have the players to play with him as he wasn't defensively as strong as Danaut and Kopitar. The long-term injury to Arvidsson pushed Fiala up to Danault's line, and basically, PLD hit rock bottom until mid-season. After the coaching change PLD started to hit his stride, he still had weak linemates but played more of his game.

    It's not that LA is super excited for PLD, it's that they feel more confident they can salvage a 25 year old who has shown he can bounce back, than throw in the towel and retain as well as take on bad contracts. If next season PLD is still a 45 point winger, Blake will already be fired and the Kings will be on the hook for one of the worst contracts in the league. But the likelihood is, he is paired with Byfield (who he has statistically thrived with) and he becomes a 60-70 point player. PLD has done this before, look at his first season with Winnipeg, he's been bad, but he was not the primary reason LA fired their coach, he was not why LA lost in the playoffs.


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