Realistic opening night lineup with Markov resigned

Created by: texus8

Team: 2017-18 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 4, 2017

Published: Jul. 4, 2017

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

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)

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Galchenyuk, Alex		5	$5,250,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Markov, Andrei		2	$4,500,000

Buried

Brandon Davidson: $400,000 ($1,425,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$75,000,000	$67,326,309	$0	$212,500	$7,673,691

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Pacioretty, Max $4,050,000$4,050,000 LW UFA - 2	Danault, Phillip $912,500$912,500 C UFA - 1	Drouin, Jonathan $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 6
Lehkonen, Artturi $839,166$839,166 LW, RW UFA - 2	Galchenyuk, Alex $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 3	Gallagher, Brendan $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Byron, Paul $1,166,667$1,166,667 LW, RW UFA - 2	Plekanec, Tomas $3,000,000$3,000,000 C UFA - 1	Hemsky, Ales $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Hudon, Charles $650,000$650,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	McCarron, Michael $863,333$863,333 ($212,500$212K) RW, C UFA - 1	Shaw, Andrew $3,900,000$3,900,000 C, RW UFA - 5
Martinsen, Andreas $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1	Mitchell, Torrey $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Markov, Andrei $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD UFA	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 9	Price, Carey $6,500,000$6,500,000 G NMC UFA - 1
Alzner, Karl $4,625,000$4,625,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 5	Petry, Jeff $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Montoya, Al $1,062,500$1,062,500 G UFA - 2
Schlemko, David $2,100,000$2,100,000 LD UFA - 3	Benn, Jordie $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Jeřábek, Jakub $925,000$925,000 LD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Pacioretty, M.		Galchenyuk, A.		Drouin, J.
	Markov, A.		Weber, S.

Power Play 2
Lehkonen, A.		Danault, P.		Hemsky, A.
	Schlemko, D.		Petry, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Plekanec, T.	Byron, P.
	Alzner, K.	Weber, S.

Penalty Kill 2
	Danault, P.	Pacioretty, M.
	Benn, J.	Petry, J.

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