aread1991
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What do you view the Habs roster as looking like at the beginning of the 2022-23 season?
I view that season as an important time following the UFA/RFA signings that the team will face in 2021, when many of our current young players will be on the cusp of their projected primes (potentially on ELC/bridge deals) and the long-term status of our roster for the next 8-10 years will start to really take shape.
From what I can see, setting the salary cap at roughly $90,000,000 for that season seems reasonable.
I am including a very rough estimate of what I believe each player will be earning at the time (salaries of players already under contract are bolded.)
My projection obviously assumes an idealistic progression of our young players as well as best case scenarios for some of our veterans. Some of these salary estimates are likely wishful thinking as well.
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We would need to add an experienced top 6 LW preferably with size, as well as a top pairing mobile LD (might have to settle for a top 4 LD who can quarterback the PP).
Weber will still be able to contribute as a top pairing defenseman at least through this season (2022-23).
From our current core, I predict Tatar, Drouin and Petry will likely be elsewhere by this time.
With the abundance of prospects and picks we have gathered in the past 2 years in combination with the three roster players listed above, and our first round picks for 2020 onwards, we should be able to acquire the assets necessary to open our window of contention.
The best candidates for acquiring a top 6 LW I could find were Jake Guentzel, Filip Forsberg, Claude Giroux, and Tom Wilson. I chose these players based on their current contract expiry dates as well as their current team's windows for competing. I believe Guentzel or Forsberg to be the best option here, as Giroux's value will likely have depreciated in that time and Wilson does not have the offensive upside of the other 3.
The options are a little less attractive for acquiring a top pairing LD. Perhaps there is a way to pry Cam Fowler out of Anaheim as they begin rebuilding (Drouin, Norlinder, picks?). Hampus Lindholm, Nick Leddy and Dmitri Orlov also will be UFA that season.
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What do you think the team will look like in 2022-23?
What do you view the Habs roster as looking like at the beginning of the 2022-23 season?
I view that season as an important time following the UFA/RFA signings that the team will face in 2021, when many of our current young players will be on the cusp of their projected primes (potentially on ELC/bridge deals) and the long-term status of our roster for the next 8-10 years will start to really take shape.
From what I can see, setting the salary cap at roughly $90,000,000 for that season seems reasonable.
I am including a very rough estimate of what I believe each player will be earning at the time (salaries of players already under contract are bolded.)
My projection obviously assumes an idealistic progression of our young players as well as best case scenarios for some of our veterans. Some of these salary estimates are likely wishful thinking as well.
| LW | $ | C | $ | RW | $ | $ Total | |||
| 1st Line | ? | ? | Kotkaniemi | 6.5M | Caulfield | .925M | 7.425M | ||
| 2nd Line | Domi | 6.2M | Suzuki | 7m | Gallagher | 7M | 20.2M | ||
| 3rd Line | Byron | 3.4M | Poehling | 3.5M | Ylonen | .750M | 7.65M | ||
| 4th Line | Lehkonen | 2.8M | Danault | 4M | Armia | 2.2M | 9M | ||
| Scratches | - | - | Evans | 1.2M | McCarron | 1M | 2.2M | ||
| LD | $ | RD | $ | ||||||
| 1st Pair | ? | ? | Weber | 7.85M | 7.85M | ||||
| 2nd Pair | Mete | 4M | Fleury | 1.8M | 5.8M | ||||
| 3rd Pair | Romanov | .750M | Brook | 2.3M | 3.05M | ||||
| Scratches | Juulsen | 2M | 2M | ||||||
| G | |||||||||
| Starter | Price | 10M | 10M | ||||||
| Backup | Primeau | 1.5M | 1.5 | ||||||
| Cap Total | 76.675M | ||||||||
| Remaining Space | 13.325 | ||||||||
| Possible Signings | LW | $ | LD | $ | |||||
| Guentzel | 9M | Fowler | 6.5M | ||||||
| Forsberg | 8.5M | Leddy | 4.5M | ||||||
| Giroux | 6.5M | Orlov | 5.1M | ||||||
| Wilson | 5M | Lindholm | 6M |
We would need to add an experienced top 6 LW preferably with size, as well as a top pairing mobile LD (might have to settle for a top 4 LD who can quarterback the PP).
Weber will still be able to contribute as a top pairing defenseman at least through this season (2022-23).
From our current core, I predict Tatar, Drouin and Petry will likely be elsewhere by this time.
With the abundance of prospects and picks we have gathered in the past 2 years in combination with the three roster players listed above, and our first round picks for 2020 onwards, we should be able to acquire the assets necessary to open our window of contention.
The best candidates for acquiring a top 6 LW I could find were Jake Guentzel, Filip Forsberg, Claude Giroux, and Tom Wilson. I chose these players based on their current contract expiry dates as well as their current team's windows for competing. I believe Guentzel or Forsberg to be the best option here, as Giroux's value will likely have depreciated in that time and Wilson does not have the offensive upside of the other 3.
The options are a little less attractive for acquiring a top pairing LD. Perhaps there is a way to pry Cam Fowler out of Anaheim as they begin rebuilding (Drouin, Norlinder, picks?). Hampus Lindholm, Nick Leddy and Dmitri Orlov also will be UFA that season.
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What do you think the team will look like in 2022-23?
