2 years Edmundson is being discussed

Équipe: 2020-21 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 15 sept. 2020

Publié: 15 sept. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

source : https://twitter.com/thegoldenmuzzy/status/1305861623115120640

I signed him following Evolving-Hockey projection. (3y would be 3.9m, the most probable scenario to them)

Needs :

reliable center on 4th line if Evans (or even Poehling) have difficulty. Pref 1 year deal (Paquette, Nash, Cizikas, Bozak retained, or UFA Thompson)

winger : pref an offensive threat (Domi trade for Rakkel? Reinhart?). Avoid the wingers in UFA at all cost (Dadonov, Granlund, Hoffman & Toffoli will aim for +6m +5y and we can't afford it).
To a lesser extend, resign Kovalchuk (gentlemen agreement must mean something...). But at the very least, Bergevin should use Molson's money and aim for a cap crunch team with a player with 1 year left for next to 0 cost (Chiasson, Grabner, Perreault or w/e), ie an other trade like Allen. I would not stand an other year with unused cap space with a rich owner with so many cap crunch teams

Gone :

Lingren obviously due to recent signing/trade
Weal who has 0 trust from Julien (Belzile+Weise prefered to him) even if he can be a 13th foward else where with his OK skill set. Can be part of a trade for a more expensive foward that a team cant afford (ie Chiasson).
Mete/Kulak could be moved if Edmundson is signed