Équipe: 2021-22 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 24 janv. 2021

Publié: 24 janv. 2021

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Off-season moves explained:

Ekholm trade: Nashville goes full rebuild and decides to part ways with the pending UFA in Ekholm. So, they get three solid picks, two of which to use right away in the 2021 draft, and a fill-in that could hold some intriguing value in Brett Kulak. Overall, this is a win for both teams and a great start to Nashville’s rebuild.

Kempe Trade: This trade is too good for LA to pass up. Not too much to explain here.

Expansion Draft: Even with the interesting options available for Seattle, they won’t be able to pass up on Jake Allen. Montreal won’t protect their pending UFAs, and will purposely sign them after the draft. So, below is Montreal’s protection list. They obviously go with the 7, 3, 1 format

Gallagher
Kotkaniemi
Kempe
Drouin
Anderson
Toffoli
Lehkonen

Weber
Petry
Mete

Price

Thought Chiarot and Edmundson are considerable options for the Kraken, the value they can get out of Jake Allen is unbelievable. Especially on that contract. They don’t pass this up.

Chiarot trade: There’s no doubt Winnipeg would want him back. Now why would Montreal do it? Trust me, I love the play Chiarot has brought to the Habs, but with the cap situation getting tight, they may have to move on from the pending UFA. Though I don’t want to, I think this is a good move. On the bright side, one of Romanov or Mete can slide in next to Weber

Byron trade: Cap dump. Fleury won’t find much of a fit with Brook being in the system. So, we clear that much needed cap space.

Free agent signings: They all take cheaper deals than they should to try and go out and win the Stanley Cup. Simple.

Numbers:
6 Weber (C)
8 Ekholm
11 Gallagher (A)
14 Suzuki
15 Kotkaniemi
17 Anderson
21 Thompson
24 Danault (A)
25 Poehling AHL
26 Petry
27 Romanov
28 Guhle
30 Primeau AHL
31 Price
34 Rowney
36 Caufield AHL
38 Teasdale
39 Kempe
41 Halak
42 Vejdemo AHL
44 Edmundson
45 Dauphin AHL
47 Blandisi AHL
51 Olofsson
53 Mete
59 Fairbrother AHL
60 Belzile
61 Ouellet AHL
62 Lehkonen
63 Pritchard AHL
64 Leskinen
70 McNiven AHL
71 Evans
73 Toffoli
76 Ikonen AHL
77 Harvey-Pinard AHL
78 LeGuerrier AHL
88 Hillis AHL
89 Khisamutdinov
90 Tatar
91 Caggiula
92 Suzuki
94 Gunnarsson

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