22 Jan 2018 09:37:13
Montreal Reconstruction

Forwards :
Max Pacioretty - Alex Galchenyuk - Jonathan Drouin
Artturi Lehkonen - Philip Danault - Brendan Gallagher
Andrew Shaw - Tomas Plekanec - Charles Hudon
Nicolas Deslauriers - Jacob De La Rose - Byron Froese
Daniel Carr - Michael McCarron - Ales Hemsky

Prospects :
RW Nikita Scherbak
C Ryan Poehling
C Joni Ikonen

Defense :
Shea Weber - Victor Mete
Jeff Petry - Karl Alzner
Jordie Benn - Joe Morrow
Jakub Jerabek - David Schlemko

Prospects :
D Noah Juulsen
D Josh Brook

Goalies
Carey Price
Charlie Lindgren
Michael McNiven

Trades at Deadline :

Trade n.1 :
C Tomas Plekanec
vs.
D Tobias Enstrom
2018 2nd round pick

Why this trade works :
Winnipeg gets a solid 3rd centre that can help them for playoff push, takes away defensive responsibilities to the top 2 centres. Plekanec's cap hit is 6M while Enstrom's is 5.75 M. Enstrom is dead wood so the 2nd rounder is to compensate. Both contracts finishes at the end of the season so Habs don't keep Enstrom.

Trade n. 2 :
LW Max Pacioretty
LW Andrew Shaw
Conditional 2nd in 2020 (if Nikita Gusev signs with MTL)
vs.
2018 1st round pick (late 20's)
C Cody Glass
D Nicolas Hague
D Clayton Stoner (cash dump)
C Mikhail Grabovski (cash dump, contracts end at the end of the season, compensates for Shaw's shitty contract)
RW Nikita Gusev - or conditional NYI 2nd round pick in 2019 if Nikita Gusev doesn't sign with the Habs in a 3 year window.

Why this trade works :

Trades in off-season

G Carey Price
C Daniel Audette
D Victor Mete
Conditional 3rd Round Pick (if Carter Hart plays 30 games in the NHL by 2021)
vs.

C Nolan Patrick
D Ivan Provorov
G Carter Hart
2018 1st Round Draft Pick
C Jori Lehtera
Conditional 2nd Round Pick in 2020 (if Carter Hart doesn't play 30 games in NHL before 2021)

2018 NHL Draft
In a perfect world MTL wins lottery and gets 1st overall pick.

1st pick - D Rasmus Dahlin

UFA's
RW Ales Hemsky
LW Nicolas Deslauriers
D Jakub Jerabek

Off Season Signings
LW James Neal
G Carter Hutton

Lines 2018-2019

Nikita Gusev - Alex Galchenyuk - Nikita Scherbak
James Neal - Nolan Patrick - Jonathan Drouin
Artturi Lehkonen - Philippe Danault - Brendan Gallagher
Jacob De La Rose - Jori Lehtera - Charles Hudon

Shea Weber - Rasmus Dahlin
Ivan Provorov - Jeff Petry
Karl Alzner - Jordie Benn

Charlie Lindgren
Carter Hutton

1.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 11:40:53
If Gusev ever comes to the nhl it will most likely be Tampa Bay with his buddy Kucherov. does anybody know how long vegas holds his rights?

2.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 12:31:07
I like how you left “why this trade works:” blank after that vegas trade. Very fitting.

3.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 12:53:18
Philly to give up Nolan Patrick, Ivan Provorov, Carter Hart and a 1st in the same trade?! In what world?!

4.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 14:11:04
Outstanding.

5.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 14:24:32
Winnipeg doesn't need Plekanec enough to give away a roster player and a pick for him. Maybe a 3rd or 4th round pick if the Jets feel Plekanec is a worthwhile TDL pickup, but that is about it.

6.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 15:26:06
plekanek is not worth that at all, give your head a shake, maybe a 3rd by its self on the on high end.

7.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 18:26:44
I just wanna know how you managed to put in so much effort into this but it’s still an absolute mess yikes.

8.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 18:11:14
Cody Glass for Max Pac? Are you crazy.

9.) 22 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 20:05:26
@Hattrick: If Guesv does not come over this summer to Vegas, he's a FA in the summer of 2019.

10.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 00:09:47
That Flyers one is just a peach. C'mon dude.

11.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 07:28:06
Enstrom would be Montreal best defenseman
He is a very useful and underrated defenseman, similar to Ryan Ellis.

12.) 23 Jan 2018
23 Jan 2018 11:35:55
@Triplets Alright thanks, i still hope he joins the Bolts one day.