Équipe: 2017-18 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 4 juill. 2017

Publié: 4 juill. 2017

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I think the defense is better than last year if Markov comes back. Schlemko is better than Beaulieu and Alzner is a lot better than Emelin. Benn is solid on the third pairing. All 6 can be useful on special teams too.

I actually think we are better on offense because Lehkonen will progress and should be good for 20 goals, and Gallagher is due for a bounce back season. Drouin with big minutes can easily be a 60-70 pts player in my opinion. Big question mark is still Galchenyuk, he needs to figure it out defensively and improve his faceoffs, last chance for him at C...

Losing Radulov really sucks but overall I think this roster is a bit better than last season and barring a Price injury it's a playoff team. Is it good enough to win it all though? Highly doubtful unless #31 is perfect in the playoffs... So maybe another move is in order but I don't see many good options.

Some goal projections for fun lol (let me know which ones you think are good or way off):

Patch (35) - Danault (16) - Drouin (25)
Lehkonen (23) - Galchenyuk (21) - Gallagher (20)
Byron (12) - Plekanec (13) - Hemsky (10)
Hudon/Whoever (10) - McCarron/Mitchell (8) - Shaw (12)

Markov (5) - Weber (18)
Alzner (2) - Petry (5)
Schlemko (2) - Benn (2)

Total: 239 2.91 goals/gm (good for 10th in 16-17)