Équipe: 2024-25 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 25 avr. 2024

Publié: 25 avr. 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Every year at the draft the opportunities come from the teams who want to kickoff/continue a rebuild. Looking at the standings and relative ages of the team's in the league, these are the teams I feel will be looking to make significant changes:

Calgary
Washington
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia

But do they want to REBUILD or simply RETOOL?

Looking at Calgary, I feel they would like to rebuild, but with the contracts Tre gave to Kadri & Hubie, how can they? They are probably looking to retool on the fly and I would not be surprised to see them in the mushy middle for a few years. In that world, I'm not sure there are any players the Habs might have interest in that Calgary would want to trade.

Looking at Washington, their surprise playoff contention aside, they will probably be looking to retool on the fly and add players who can backfill Backstrom and Kuznetsov. Until Ove retires... I doubt they blow it up. For that reason I cannot see them trading any players of an age the Habs would be interested in for futures.

Looking at Pittsburgh - their retool on the fly has failed miserably. They really should trade Crosby & Co before they start looking like pure cap dumps... But they won't of course. Another mushy middle season for them. They won't rebuild until Crosby retires. The only asset the Habs could legitimately target would be a 1st round pick in 2025.

Philadelphia might be the only team who actually dumps a lot of players this offseason, but the players they want to move are all too old for where the Habs want to target. The players they have who are entering their prime, they won't let go of.

Are there ANY teams in the early stages of a full rebuild this offseason? It seems like everyone is either retooling or further along in their rebuild than the Habs. Seems like a terrible year for a Dach/Newhook-style deal.

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