Équipe: 2022-23 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 18 juill. 2022

Publié: 18 juill. 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I don't believe Winnipeg GM will accept the MTL current offer for Pierre Luc Dubois.
So Dubois will sign the RFA QO and it will close the negotiation for now.

In the mean time, Kent Hugues will convince Patrice Bergeron to sign with Montreal for 2 years.
Boston have to deal first with Pasternak next year contract and Zacha arbitration with a limited cap space.
Patrice would be a magnificent guide for the young center leadership.

PLD see you in 2 years as an UFA.

Carey Price knee is OK in the gym but a swollen knee after games and practice.
He can no more be the first goalie and can't be an auxiliary at that cap hit.
He still need time to accept that his NHL career is terminated.
He may pass medical and it could be difficult to put him on LTIR for insurance purpose.

Paul Byron is still in rehab for hip surgery and it doesn't progress as expected.

So Byron will be on LTIR until the end of current contract (this season).
Price will be on IR until he decided it's enough and decide to retire.

The best scenario would be Price retire and MTL regain that cap value, this is a major bug.
After all, Price has already get more than 70% of his 84 M$ after 4 years and still has 4 more seasons to play.
Last year salary and this year signing bonus is 19.75 M$ for 5 games played last year.
Having more than 104 M$ career earnings, he could retire , take care of his health and family and enjoy life.
And by the way help his team after making him a rich man.

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