No trades just internal moves and 1 draft

Équipe: 2019-20 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 16 oct. 2018

Publié: 16 oct. 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

This is basically just so I can link a mockup of next year's lines to a discussion I'm having somewhere else. If you're reading this, well, thanks? My expectation is that shortly Kotkaniemi gets sent to the AHL but comes back next year ready to play 1c. I anticipate that Suzuki earns at least a nine game look next year and that Poehling does as well. Alzner gets buried and stays buried to free up roster space since I can't imagine anyone taking him off waivers. I also expect the Habs to draft around 5-8th at the draft - the run they're on now relies on just too many guys playing above their head and might get derailed by the next serious injury they suffer. I expect that by year's end Andrew Shaw has had one concussion too many and retires. Jeff Petry gets traded somewhere, sometimes. Perhaps at the draft to help the Habs move up in the range to get Broberg, perhaps at the trade deadline. De La Rose also ends up moving.

What this doesn't allow for is Bergy's June blockbuster - God only knows what that'll be - and it doesn't reflect any UFA signings. I don't expect the Habs to be in the hunt for any major UFAS this year. Year after next, maybe. This team is closer to being a contender than they are now and when they're closer to being a contender they'll have room to sign the UFAs that suddenly recall how much they love Rue St. Catherines.