HF Habs: 2020 Montreal Canadiens Off-Season Thread part 4

[Adam Michaels]

GM: Marc Bergevin
Head Coach: Claude Julien
Associate Coach: Kirk Muller
Assistant Coaches: Dominique Ducharme & Luke Richardson
Goaltending Coach: Stéphane Waite


- DEPARTURES -
Shane Churla (Leaves to join Florida Panthers)
Larry Carriere (Conract not renewed)


- CONTRACTS SIGNED (NHL) -
Alex Belzile (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Gustav Olofsson (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $750K AAV)
Laurent Dauphin (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Jesse Ylönen (Signed to 3-Year ELC)
Vasili Demchenko (Signed to 1-Year ELC)
Arsen Khisamutdinov (Signed to 2-Year ELC)
Alexander Romanov (Signed to 3-Year ELC)
Cam Hillis (Signed to 3-Year ELC)
Lukas Vejdemo (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ 700K AAV)
Joel Edmundson (Signed to 4-Year Deal @ $3.5M AAV)
Jake Evans (Signed to 2-Year Deal @ $750K AAV - 1st Year is 2-Way & 2nd Year is 1-Way)
Joseph Blandisi (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Jeff Petry (Signed to 4-Year Deal @ $6.25M AAV - Starts in 2021-22)
Jake Lucchini (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Michael McNiven (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Noah Juulsen (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Josh Anderson (Signed to 7-Year Deal @ $5.5M AAV)
Victor Mete (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way Deal @ $735K AAV)
Brandon Baddock (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $700K AAV)
Xavier Ouellet (Signed to 2-Year, 2-Way Deal @ $725K AAV)
Tyler Toffoli (Signed to a 4-Year Deal @ $4.25M AAV)
Jake Allen (Signed to 2-Year Deal @ $2.875M AAV - Starts in 2021-22)
Brendan Gallagher (Signed to 6-Year Deal @ $6.5M AAV - Starts in 2021-22)
Kaiden Guhle (Signed to 3-Year ELC)


- TRADES -
(MTL «» STL)
Jake Allen + 2022 7th «» 2020 3rd (86th) + 2020 7th (202nd)
(MTL «» CAR)
Rights to Joel Edmundson «» 2020 5th (139th)
(MTL «» CBJ)
Josh Anderson «» Max Domi + 2020 3rd (77th)


- CONTRACTS SIGNED (AHL) -
Liam Hawel (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way AHL Deal)
Yannick Veilleux (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way AHL Deal)
Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way AHL Deal)
Samuel Vigneault (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way AHL Deal)
Corey Schueneman (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way AHL Deal)
Nathanael Halbert (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way AHL Deal)
Kevin Lynch (Signed to 1-Year, 1-Way AHL Deal)
Pascal Aquin (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way AHL Deal)
Tobie Bisson (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way AHL Deal)
Brent Gates (Signed to 1-Year, 2-Way AHL Deal)

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BUYOUTS
Karl Alzner (2 Years Remain)
2020-21 Savings: $667K / 2021-22 Savings: $2.6M
2022-23 & 2023-24 Cost: $833K


- PROSPECTS NEWS -
Mattias Norlinder (signed with Frölunda of the SHL)
Frederik Dichow (signed with Sudbury Wolves of the OHL)
Otto Leskinen (loaned to KalPa in Liiga)
Lukas Vejdemo (loaned to Södertälje SK in Allskvenskan)
Hayden Verbeek (loaned to Banska Bystrica HC'05 of Slovak Extraliga)
Jesse Ylönen (loaned to Lahti Pelicans in Liga)
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (loaned to Ässät Pori of Liiga)
Charles Hudon (Signed with Lausanne HC of the Swiss National League)
Josh Brook (loaned to Krefeld Linguine of the DEL)


- 2020 DRAFT -

1st Round: #16 (Kaiden Guhle)
2nd Round: #47 (Luke Tuch) ; #48 (Jan Mysak)
3rd Round: No Picks
4th Round: #102 (Jack Smith) ; #109 (Blake Biondi) ; #124 (Sean Farrell)
5th Round: #136 (Jakub Dobes)
6th Round: #171 (Alexander Gordin)
7th Round: No Picks




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[montreal]

stay on topic please.

 

[Gustave]

Crazy development to just let Duclair go for nothing. Crap team or not, he was their best player or close to it. That’s crazy asset management.

MB has to take a look at him.

 

[Habit11]

Taylor Hall averages 74 points a season. The last time a Montreal Canadiens' player scored more than 74 points in a regular season was Alex Kovalev back in 2008.

But Simmonds or Brassard might be cool.

 

[Zorba]

Taylor Hall averages 74 points a season. The last time a Montreal Canadiens' player scored more than 74 points in a regular season was Alex Kovalev back in 2008.

But Simmonds or Brassard might be cool.

Set the bar low

 

[Sterling Archer]

Bergy, you’re almost there. Get a bona fide scoring winger and you’ll have had your best and most complete off season yet. Don’t fumble at the 1 yard line. Make us proud or at the very least, not hate you for like a few months. You can do it!!

 

[Big Empty]

Bergy, you’re almost there. Get a Nona fife scoring winger and you’ll have had your best and most complete off season yet. Don’t fumble at the 1 yard line. Make us proud or at the very least, not hate you for like a few months. You can do it!!

Such players are very hard to find

 

[Ezpz]

A top line winger would actually give us a chance to make the playoffs and do some damage. If Bergy can manage that he can "tweak" for the next few years without thinking too much about the Price-Weber succession plan.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Im still really surprised that Hudon was qualified when so many teams are letting people go due to covid and salary issues.

 

[Frank JT]

I'm happy with Josh Anderson on the team. Hope he will stay healty.
We definitely needs him on the top6 top help our small players.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Set the bar low

Yeah at this point I don't care about having a ppg player having a solid all around team seems to be our best bet going forward if we can't land an enourmous name this offseason

 

[Price4Prez]

My wishlist for UFAs in order from most wanted:

1- Hall
2- Toffoli
3- Duclair
4- Simmonds

If we cant land Hall. Id definitely be happy with 2 of the later 3. Toffoli would continue in the size with skill trend we re going for. Simmonds will/would get shit on by most but on a 3rd/4th line...he can be a good add

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I actual like where the team is going recently. Call me crazy but I was always a big detractor of Bergevin and Ive liked his moves recently.Dosent change the fact hes done a terrible job but he gets bonus points for these past two seasons imo. Keep in mind this is the guy that signed Karl Alzner so who the **** knows

 

[Big Empty]

Hall - Kotkaniemi - Gallagher
Drouin - Suzuki - Anderson
Lehkonen - Danault - Armia

Would be a great top 9. I really hope we sign Hall somehow.

 

[Frank JT]

Tatar- Danault- Gallagher
Drouin- Suzuki- Anderson
Lehkonen-KK-Armia
Thompson-Evans-Weal
Poelhing-Ylonen

Chiarot-Weber
Endmundson-Petry
Mete-Romanov-Fleury-Juulsen

Price
Allen

I would sign Thompson (1million/year) for the 4rth line and that's it.

Fighting for a spot in the Stanley Cup Series.

 

[yianik]

Sorry to say, but I think the last few days have been horrible for this team.

I was not against getting Anderson, but Domi was worth much more. Mr....." you cant draft, trade, sign centres" just gave away one at a discount instead of getting a premium. No matter what happens going forward, Domi should have gotten more back this week.

And the Draft. I couldnt follow anymore with MBs childish wheeling and dealing ( oh giggles so much fun ) of picks, and TTs fascination of American prospects that have yielded us squat the last decade, while being incapable of finding talent in the Q and Sweden.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Such players are very hard to find

Ducking autocorrect!

 

[Treb]

Im still really surprised that Hudon was qualified when so many teams are letting people go due to covid and salary issues.

Hudon QOs can be 100% buried. Not the case with many others.

 

[Habit11]

Hall - Kotkaniemi - Gallagher
Drouin - Suzuki - Anderson
Lehkonen - Danault - Armia

Would be a great top 9. I really hope we sign Hall somehow.

That is exactly what I have in mind. It would require MB to shed some salary at a time when everyone else is, but Tatar/Kulak I think can be moved and deemed useful for other teams without taking salary back as Tatar has a higher cap hit than salary this season and Kulak is relatively inexpensive depth. A pick would need to be added to help move a Byron and probably retain some salary. The 4th line, 13th forward, Dmen 5/6/7/8 would all have to be on the cheap, but I personally think it's worth it and necessary for a team that needs more offensive firepower and has tied up $15m in cap on goaltending.

 

[26Mats]

On to the ufa market.

A lot of options and we have some cap space - even more if we let go of Byron and Weal. We have 14 picks next year, so we should be able to use them to do that if needed.

 

[Zorba]

My wishlist for UFAs in order from most wanted:

1- Hall
2- Toffoli
3- Duclair
4- Simmonds

If we cant land Hall. Id definitely be happy with 2 of the later 3. Toffoli would continue in the size with skill trend we re going for. Simmonds will/would get shit on by most but on a 3rd/4th line...he can be a good add

Have you watched Simmonds the last 2 years??
He’s atrocious. He can’t skate. He will be scratched 10 gAmes in
He’s been in a massive decline since 2017.

 

[goldRIVER]

My wishlist for UFAs in order from most wanted:

1- Hall
2- Toffoli
3- Duclair
4- Simmonds

If we cant land Hall. Id definitely be happy with 2 of the later 3. Toffoli would continue in the size with skill trend we re going for. Simmonds will/would get shit on by most but on a 3rd/4th line...he can be a good add

I dont think we can sign Hall. I think he'd want a long term contract from us and I'd be hesitant to give him 6 or 7 years.

My wishlist would be

1. Toffoli
2. Reilly Smith (Vegas needs to shed some money)
3. Hoffman
4. Dadonov

Cant wait to see if we stay active on Friday

 

[Price4Prez]

Have you watched Simmonds the last 2 years??
He’s atrocious. He can’t skate. He will be scratched 10 gAmes in
He’s been in a massive decline since 2017.

I have watched him and i really do think he has some gas left-just not in a great position. You cant go from back to back 30 goal seasons and then vanish. Not when you're a worker. Im not saying he will be a core player or a top 6 player at that-but i prefer his size and grit on a bottom line over a Weal/Byron/Weise and co. He would definitely be more of a presence than what we've had.

I dont think we can sign Hall. I think he'd want a long term contract from us and I'd be hesitant to give him 6 or 7 years.

My wishlist would be

1. Toffoli
2. Reilly Smith (Vegas needs to shed some money)
3. Hoffman
4. Dadonov

Cant wait to see if we stay active on Friday

I wouldnt be upset with any of your adds-i just prefer having either elite skill or someone that can bring some size along with some skill to the lineup.

Definitely any player that can put up goals/pts would be welcome though.

I hope MB can continue the job hes started this year.

 

[Big Empty]

That is exactly what I have in mind. It would require MB to shed some salary at a time when everyone else is, but Tatar/Kulak I think can be moved and deemed useful for other teams without taking salary back as Tatar has a higher cap hit than salary this season and Kulak is relatively inexpensive depth. A pick would need to be added to help move a Byron and probably retain some salary. The 4th line, 13th forward, Dmen 5/6/7/8 would all have to be on the cheap, but I personally think it's worth it and necessary for a team that needs more offensive firepower and has tied up $15m in cap on goaltending.

I made this earlier today

Hall - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

If we ship Tatar for pure futures and someone like Weal, we have the cap space to sign Hall. We could even keep Byron and Kulak as depth. Mete would probably go for futures. Signing Wayne Simmonds to a cheap contract for the 4th line would be great too.

 

[Habit11]

I made this earlier today

Hall - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

If we ship Tatar for pure futures and someone like Weal, we have the cap space to sign Hall. We could even keep Byron and Kulak as depth. Signing Wayne Simmonds to a cheap contract for the 4th line would be great too.

They need 22 or 23 on the roster every night though, so they'd still have to move out money in your lineup. I would literally turn around and trade Allen if needed and find a cheaper option.