Next year fitting both Hutson and Reinbacher

Équipe: 2024-25 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 3 nov. 2023

Publié: 3 nov. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Re-signed Monahan at what I believe would be the maximum he could get in free agency. If that's a price Kent Hughes is willing to pay is a different story. But Habs will obviously have the cap space.

I believe Dvorak will be traded in the offseason. With only 1 year left on his deal at that point, and the salary cap going up. There should be a taker.

With the arrival of Hutson (at the end of the 2023-24 season) and Reinbacher. The logjam is too great on defense. Habs will have to decide on either Xhekaj or Harris and will opt to move Harris due to him being too similar to other defensemen in their system. Xhekaj adds a different element if needed.
As much as I'd like to see both Hutson and Reinbacher on the same pairing. I opted to split them. Having two rookie D paired together didn't seem wise.

I have Roy and Beck making the team. Definitely not unreasonable to think they would be close to locks on the team. Especially in Roy's case.

Signed both Barron and Xhekaj to bridge deals. but obviously the Habs will have the cap for long term extensions if they are ready to commit.

During the season, Habs will have their trade block include Savard (to make room for Xhekaj, Mailloux, or Kovacevic), Anderson (to make room for Heineman or Ylonen), and Evans (to move Dach back at C).

Free agent targets: NONE! Habs still rebuilding. If anything, Habs might try to address goaltending if Allen and Montembeault still can't be relied upon. An Interesting idea would be to see if Marc-Andre Fleury would sign a one year deal. Habs could go out and acquire a young goalie like Askarov or Knight (just spit balling) and have them paired with Fleury?

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