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Created by: IdealIdea

Team: 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: May 15, 2024

Published: May 15, 2024

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

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kapanen, Oliver		3	$950,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Välimäki, Juuso		3	$1,650,000
Xhekaj, Arber		4	$1,400,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Duclair, Anthony		2	$4,500,000
Sprong, Daniel		2	$4,000,000

Trades

MTL

Välimäki, Juuso [RFA Rights]
2024 5th round pick (ARI)

ARI

MTL

Mikheyev, Ilya
2024 6th round pick (VAN)

VAN

Anderson, Josh ($1,750,000 retained)
2024 7th round pick (EDM)

MTL

2024 7th round pick (NYR)
2025 3rd round pick (PIT)

PIT

Dvorak, Christian

MTL

2024 3rd round pick (BUF)
2024 6th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
Evans, Jake

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (VGK)

WSH

Harris, Jordan

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)
Jake Allen: $1,925,000 (50%)
Josh Anderson: $1,750,000 (31.82%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$87,500,000	$71,479,583	$1,022,500	$4,670,000	$16,020,417

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 6	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW UFA - 1
Duclair, Anthony $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 2	Sprong, Daniel $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Roy, Joshua $835,000$835,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 3	Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Mikheyev, Ilya $4,037,500$4,037,500 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Kapanen, Oliver $950,000$950,000 C RFA - 3	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Montembeault, Samuel $3,150,000$3,150,000 G UFA - 3
Hutson, Lane $950,000$950,000 ($750,000$750K) LD RFA - 2	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 1
Välimäki, Juuso $1,650,000$1,650,000 LD UFA - 2	Xhekaj, Arber $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 2

Top Comments

May 15 at 2:16 a.m.

mv21227

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Canucks pass

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May 15 at 2:26 a.m.

jfkst1

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ARI, PIT, VAN reject.

May 15 at 3:45 a.m.

Shibbal18

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Sabres dont have any need for Barron nor the cap to waste on him

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May 15 at 3:48 a.m.

TopShelf

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Don’t think the Sabres would be interested

May 15 at 4:24 a.m.

jonh514

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Kapanen cannot play in Montreal next year. He signed a 2 year deal in the SHL to play for his father's team. The way the transfer agreement works, he can only play for Montreal in the 2nd year of that deal from what I understand.

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