Compete the Following Year

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Created by: habs_trade_churner_50

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: May 15, 2024

Published: May 15, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

If we don't do a lot this offseason, it is fine honestly, I think waiting for the 2025-2026 season to make a push is the best.

The line-up below is what I might envision our opening-night roster to be like, but of course changing a lot throughout the season. It's very un-flashy, but patience is key.

I see Joel Armia and Christian Dvorak fetching each a 2nd or 3rd round pick at the deadline with a 3rd team doing some salary retention. I believe Kovacevic can also fetch at least a 3rd without retention.

I see Michael Pezzetta being traded for a 4th or 5th rounder at the trade deadline for grit and locker-room purposes.

I see David Savard being traded for a 1st, with the Habs using their last retention slot to maximize the return. (I hope we resign David Savard in the 2025 off-season, so he can finish out his career as a Montreal Canadien and be our 7th D-man)

(It should be clear, that all of the above trades will only happen if players are healthy, and performing decently. eg. Dvorak and Armia are around 0.38ppg, Pezzeta is 0.18ppg, and David Savard is the shot blocking master without getting hurt.)

As all of those roster spots begin freeing up, then Joshua Roy can be called up and d-men Mailloux and Reinbacher will also get more playing time in the NHL.

I see Jordan Harris being traded in the 2025 off-season before the draft, in return for a late 1st rounder or an early 2nd rounder, if he can continue his development by playing in at least 70 games, score 6 goals along with 20 assists.

Sign Extensions (or after play-offs for Savard):
-Slafkovsky: 8 years 7,775,000 AAV = 62.2m (with 2,020,000 signing bonus for every season & M-NTC (10 team no trade list) for the final 4 years of his contract .)
-Kaiden Guhle: 6 years 5,950,000 AAV = 35.7m (with a 2,100,000 signing bonus for his first and last season & M-NTC (5 team no trade list) for the last two seasons of his contract.)
-David Savard: 4 years 1,750,000 AAV = 7m (with a Full NMC and 1,000,000 each year as a base salary + 3,000,000 initial signing bonus)

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Davidson, Jared	2	$828,333
Guindon, Cedrick	3	$856,667
Sobolev, Daniil	2	$828,667

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Xhekaj, Arber	2	$1,475,000
Lavoie, Raphael	1	$925,000
Veleno, Joseph	2	$1,900,000
Kaliyev, Arthur	2	$905,000

Trades

MTL

Lavoie, Raphael [RFA Rights]
2026 4th round pick (EDM)

EDM

Ylönen, Jesse [RFA Rights]
2025 6th round pick (MTL)

MTL

Mazur, Carter
Veleno, Joseph [RFA Rights]

DET

Farrell, Sean
Kidney, Riley
2024 1st round pick (WPG)

MTL

Kaliyev, Arthur [RFA Rights]
2026 3rd round pick (LAK)

LAK

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
2024 7th round pick (MTL)

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	$82,866,250	$1,022,500	$4,670,000	$4,633,750

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
Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	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	Veleno, Joseph $1,900,000$1,900,000 C RFA	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Kaliyev, Arthur $905,000$905,000 RW, LW RFA	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
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1		Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 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
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 $1,475,000$1,475,000 LD/RD RFA	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 1

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.		Slafkovsky, J.
	Hutson, L.		Newhook, A.

Power Play 2
Gallagher, B.		Dach, K.		Veleno, J.
	Matheson, M.		Anderson, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Dvorak, C.	Armia, J.
	Guhle, K.	Savard, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Evans, J.	Gallagher, B.
	Xhekaj, A.	Harris, J.

May 15 at 4:22 a.m.

jonh514

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Too optimistic!

May 15 at 4:37 a.m.

habs_trade_churner_50

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Quoting: jonh514

Too optimistic!

I should clarify, compete to get into the play offs in the 2025-2026 season. Not to win the cup.

May 15 at 5:01 a.m.

AirmanSD

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Veleno can be had for a lot cheaper that what is being offered here. But there is no incentive for a team like Detroit to trade a player like Mazur who is near NHL ready for futures when they themselves are looking to compete for the playoffs and more importantly can use a player like him.

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May 15 at 5:53 a.m.

Subbanator7667

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MTL is overpaying on every deal here

May 15 at 7:17 a.m.

aedoran

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That would be a NO from Detroit.

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May 15 at 9:35 a.m.

buffbry

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Wings pass, trade makes 0 sense

May 15 at 9:42 a.m.

habs_trade_churner_50

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Quoting: aedoran

That would be a NO from Detroit.

Quoting: buffbry

Wings pass, trade makes 0 sense

If Mazur, is untouchable, which prospects are.
Or are the wings also not willing to move Veleno?
(Could also move the Colorado 2nd to match a lower value return)

May 15 at 11:30 a.m.

buffbry

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Quoting: habs_trade_churner_50

If Mazur, is untouchable, which prospects are.
Or are the wings also not willing to move Veleno?
(Could also move the Colorado 2nd to match a lower value return)

I think they would move veleno for the right price, mazur just doesn't seem like someone they would move, he's the type of player they need. Wings have plenty of prospects, but no point in selling a prospect for a pick to restart the process

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May 15 at 11:34 a.m.

DanielSan92

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Quoting: habs_trade_churner_50

If Mazur, is untouchable, which prospects are.
Or are the wings also not willing to move Veleno?
(Could also move the Colorado 2nd to match a lower value return)

Problem with Mazur is Detroit has a ton of small wingers and while he's not big, he plays with an edge. He's not a Top 5 prospect for Detroit, but he's the only thing remotely close to a physical/agitating winger in our entire organization.

Kinda why I expect us to draft MBN or Chernyshov.

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