Season opener line up

Équipe: 2023-24 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 18 août 2023

Publié: 18 août 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Line 1:He may not be the perfect first complementary piece on the first line but you gotta showcase Monahan as much as humanly possible to increase his value.
Line 2: See if RHP can keep scoring at last year's pace, he at least deserves a top 6 shot to begin the year.
Line 3: The kid line. Although they're both young, Ylonen and Newhook have experience to help Slaf. Ylonen has grinded his way up and can be an excellent playmaker for this line and Newhook's forecheck underrated. As a third line they'll face lesser competition which should ease their defensive load.
Line 4: Have to play Dvorak and Gallagher somewhere, this line obviously isn't the typical 6 minutes per game grinder but it will help to roll with all 4 lines on a daily basis. Lowering Gallagher's TOI might be the solution to keeping him healthy for the remainder of his contract.

If the team really wants to keep Wideman around I guess they can send a rookie down but to me he's expandable and could be waived or traded for picks just like DeSmith. I love Wideman as a veteran for kids so I'm convinced a team would want him.