Pre-Game Talk: Countdown thread to 24-25 Season (T - 1 day)

[HomaridII]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843740331239674236

This is without price.

 

[Habs]

That;s cause he ain't got any.

Did they really halt the McGroarty trade for a fear of giving up on future AllStar Barron? lol if true

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Another lottery pick wouldn't be the end of the world with how some of the draft eligibles have started out. Martone and Misa are absolutely dominating the OHL right now.

I think Demidov's going to be a pretty major spark plug to our offence next year, and once some of our dead weight contracts like Dvo/Gally/Anderson expire it's going to give us a pretty big boost.

We'll also have a ton of cap space.

 

[morhilane]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843740331239674236

This is without price.

They don't need more space, no point putting Price on it too.

But using two players supposed to come back in 2-3 months is interesting. Looks like the plan is to move some salary so they don't have to use LTIR once RHP/Laine are healthy.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Puckpedia came up with 28 submitted rosters out of the 32. And guess what? Montreal is among the 4 missing

Just wanted to know who they did paper. Did they put RHP on LTIR prior to submitting?
Last year Montreal did expressively announce its paper transactions on Twitter, did the league veto it this year?

https://puckpedia.com/news/2024-25-nhl-opening-rosters?s=09

Papered Xjekaj and Struble, and LTIRed RHP. Lost $108k out of the $88M.

Now they need to add Laine to the LTIR list to get Xhekaj and Struble on the roster.

Remember, Laine is supposed to be coming back. If RHP comes back around the same time, his cap hit should be covered by the players we demote to make room for the two guys coming back. One trade of an expiring contract and we might be ok to finish the season without Price going on LTIR, so long as there are not many injuries.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I don't give a crap how many points he leeched all you have to do is watch him to see that he cant pass to his right side and fails basic line holds 4 or 5 times a game that's pretty f***ing terrible imo.

Faleshood or gross exaggeration. Doesn't add to credibility.

 

[ReHabs]

They don't need more space, no point putting Price on it too.

But using two players supposed to come back in 2-3 months is interesting. Looks like the plan is to move some salary so they don't have to use LTIR once RHP/Laine are healthy.

The cap "loss" they'll suffer with this scheme is RHP's caphit, more or less, and that's negated by the fact the club will send someone down.

We have like 16m in cap space with Price on LTIR. We're good for space.

 

[morhilane]

Papered Xjekaj and Struble, and LTIRed RHP. Lost $108k out of the $88M.

Now they need to add Laine to the LTIR list to get Xhekaj and Struble on the roster.

Remember, Laine is supposed to be coming back. If RHP comes back around the same time, his cap hit should be covered by the players we demote to make room for the two guys coming back. One trade of an expiring contract and we might be ok to finish the season without Price going on LTIR, so long as there are not many injuries.

Waive RHP once he's healthy. His injury happened mid-July, he's going to require quite a bit of "back in-shape" period and the AHL is probably a better spot than sitting in the NHL.

That leave about $2m overcap to deal with.