Équipe: 2023-24 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 24 oct. 2022

Publié: 26 oct. 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

MTL is missing (IMO) 4 pieces from their roster to become cup contenders. However, obtaining those 4 players will be hard.

MTL needs:

Top pair RD
Young playmaker to play RW with Suzuki and Caulfield (Slaf stays on 2nd line with Mesar in the future)
Starting Goalie (1A or better)
To move out older players (Armia/Hoffman) to gain valuable cap space.


Here is how I would try to fix the problem.

1) The very first thing is the 2023 TDL. All Hughes can hope for is to get some assets for Dadanov and Drouin and try and get the most out of Monahan that can be fetched.
2) Have to trade either Edmundson or Matheson at the TDL or by the end of summer of 2023. MTL has 3 rookies on the left side ready for NHL action. Could also trade one of the 3 rookies for some RHD prospect of an equal value.
3) Craft up some kind of exciting trade at the draft (same as the 2022 NHL draft). This team needs some excitement outside of the hockey rink to draw back in and retain more fans. Hughes and Gorton did say they want this team to be talked about with excitement and energy (what better way then another draft floor trade !)
4) Get Monahan back on a 2-3 year contract with a cap hit less then $ 4M.
5) Buyout Hoffman in the summer of 23.
6) Dump Armia in the summer of 23 for however much can be gained, even if it costs up to a 2nd round pick to do so.
7) CAULFIELD EXTENSION NEEDS TO MATCH THE SUZUKI CONTRACT FOR ANY OF THIS TO WORK.


I know the first thing most people will say besides S**T trades is that it'll be hard to keep all the rookies when their ELC contracts run out if they play well. But a lot of money comes off the books after the 2023-2024 season when a bulk of the rookies need extensions. By that time the rookies coming from Laval will push up and be on ELC contracts and the core will take the money coming off the books.

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