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Montreal Canadiens

Head Coach Martin St. Louis
Assistant Coach Stephane Rodibas
Assistant Coach Alex Burrows
Assistant Coach Trent Letowski
Playoff Odds %
Projected Cap Hit $75,009,167
Projected Cap Space $8,490,833
Current Cap Space $8,490,833
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 22/23
Contracts 37/50
Transactions
Joel Teasdale | Teasdale was sent back to AHL Laval on Friday, RDS.ca reports Apr 14
Lucas Condotta | Condotta was reassigned to AHL Laval on Friday, according to RDS.ca. Apr 14
Frederic Allard | Allard was returned to AHL Laval on Friday, RDS.ca reports. Apr 14
Justin Barron | Barron scored a short-handed goal in Thursday's season-ending 5-4 loss to Boston. He added one hit, two blocked shots and two penalty minutes over 25:49 of ice time. Apr 14
Nick Suzuki | Suzuki scored a goal on four shots in Thursday's season-ending 5-4 loss to Boston. He added two hits and two blocked shots over 19:23 of ice time. Apr 14

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Injury Report
Carey Price
Expected Return Sat Jul 1, 2023
Carey Price - IR-LT - Knee
Mike Matheson
Expected Return Fri Sep 15, 2023
Mike Matheson - OUT - Lower Body
Thu Apr 13, 2023
Mike Matheson | Matheson sustained a lower-body injury during Thursday's game against the Boston Bruins and will consequently miss the rest of the contest.
Mike Hoffman
Expected Return Fri Sep 15, 2023
Mike Hoffman - OUT - Arm
Thu Apr 13, 2023
Mike Hoffman | Hoffman (arm) is questionable for Thursday's game against the Boston Bruins, according to Eric Engels of Sportsnet.

Thu Apr 13, 2023
Mike Hoffman | Hoffman (arm) isn't available for Thursday's contest against the Boston Bruins, according to Jack Edwards of NESN.
Jordan Harris
Expected Return Fri Sep 15, 2023
Jordan Harris - OUT - Lower Body
Thu Apr 13, 2023
Jordan Harris | Harris (lower body) won't play in Thursday's game versus the Boston Bruins, Jack Edwards of NESN reports.

Wed Apr 12, 2023
Jordan Harris | Harris (lower body) will miss Wednesday's contest versus the New York Islanders, per Jonathan Bernier of le Journal de Montreal
Thu Apr 6, 2023
Jordan Harris | Harris (lower body) won't play Thursday versus the Washington Capitals, Guillaume Lefrancois of La Presse reports.
Tue Apr 4, 2023
Jordan Harris | Harris sustained a lower-body injury and won't be in the lineup against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday.
Alex Belzile
Expected Return Fri Sep 15, 2023
Alex Belzile - OUT - Leg
Fracture
Mon Apr 3, 2023
Alex Belzile | Belzile will miss the rest of the 2022-23 season due to a fractured leg.

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(11) Forwards $40,235,000 48.2% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Byron, Paul LW 34
$0
UFA
Hoffman, Mike LW 33
$4,500,000
$0
UFA
Gallagher, Brendan RW 31
$6,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$6,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$6,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$6,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Armia, Joel RW 29
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
$0
UFA
Tierney, Chris C 28
$0
UFA
Anderson, Josh RW 29
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Drouin, Jonathan LW 28
$0
UFA
Monahan, Sean C 28
$0
UFA
Dvorak, Christian LW 27
$4,450,000
NTC
$4,450,000
NTC
$0
UFA
Evans, Jake C 26
$1,700,000
$1,700,000
$0
UFA
Gurianov, Denis RW 25
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Pitlick, Rem RW 26
$1,100,000
$0
UFA
Pezzetta, Michael LW 25
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Suzuki, Nick C 23
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
$7,875,000
NTC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Belzile, Alex RW 31
$0
UFA
Teasdale, Joel LW 24
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Dach, Kirby C 22
$3,362,500
$3,362,500
$3,362,500
$0
RFA

(2026)
Caufield, Cole RW 22
$0
RFA
Farrell, Sean LW 21
$897,500
$897,500
$0
RFA
Condotta, Lucas LW 25
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Slafkovský, Juraj LW 19
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$40,235,000
$34,635,000
$23,237,500
$19,875,000
(9) Defence $17,420,834 20.9% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Savard, David D 32
$3,500,000
$3,500,000
$0
UFA
Edmundson, Joel D 29
$3,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Matheson, Mike D 29
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$4,875,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Wideman, Chris D 33
$762,500
$0
UFA
Allard, Frederic D 25
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Kovacevic, Johnathan D 25
$766,667
$766,667
$0
UFA
Harris, Jordan D 22
$1,400,000
$1,400,000
$0
RFA
Guhle, Kaiden D 21
$863,334
$863,334
$0
RFA
Barron, Justin D 21
$925,000
$0
RFA
Xhekaj, Arber D 22
$828,333
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$17,420,834
$11,405,001
$4,875,000
(2) Goalies $15,350,000 18.4% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Price, Carey
IR
G 35
$10,500,000
NMC
$10,500,000
NMC
$10,500,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Allen, Jake G 32
$3,850,000
M-NTC
$3,850,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Montembeault, Sam G 26
$1,000,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$15,350,000
$14,350,000
$10,500,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(1) Buyout & Retained Salary $833,333 1.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Alzner, Karl
Buyout
D 34
$833,333
TOTALS
$833,333
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2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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22 16 6 3
Standard Player Contracts

Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season.

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37 28 11 3
Upper Limit

The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA.

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$83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $82,500,000
Projected Cap Hit

Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season.

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$75,009,167 $60,390,001 $38,612,500 $19,875,000
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$8,490,833 $23,109,999 $44,887,500 $62,625,000
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$8,490,833 $23,109,999 $44,887,500 $62,625,000
Maximum LTIR Pool

The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount.

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$0 $0 $0 $0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit

Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts.

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$75,009,167 $60,390,001 $38,612,500 $19,875,000
Carryover Bonus Overages

Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has.

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$1,170,000 $0 $0 $0
Potential Bonuses

Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season.

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$4,752,500 $4,420,000 $0 $0
Retained Salary Remaining

Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on.

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3 3 3 3
(14) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
McEwan, James C 26
$0
$0
UFA
Richard, Anthony C 26
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Bowey, Madison D 28
$0
UFA
Koberstein, Nikolas D 27
$0
Stephens, Mitchell C 26
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Eisenschmid, Markus C 28
$0
RFA
Goulet, Alexandre C 27
$0
Samuel, Antoine G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Ikonen, Joni C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Walford, Scott D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Tyszka, Jarret D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Primeau, Cayden G 23
$890,000
$890,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Beaudin, Nicolas D 23
$0
RFA
Ylonen, Jesse RW 23
$0
RFA
Olofsson, Jacob C 23
$0
McShane, Allan C 23
$0
Gorniak, Jack C 23
$0
Houde, Samuel C 23
$0
Stapley, Brett C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Adams-Moisan, Morgan RW 26
$0
$0
UFA
Harvey, Samuel G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Martineau, Phelix C 25
$0
$0
UFA
Melancon, T.J. D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Plant, Adam D 28
$0
$0
UFA
Sund, Tony D 27
$0
RFA
Leskinen, Otto D 26
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Struble, Jayden D 21
$867,500
$867,500
$0
RFA
Norlinder, Mattias D 23
$859,167
$0
RFA
Fairbrother, Gianni D 22
$848,333
$0
RFA
Leguerrier, Jacob D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Pitlick, Rhett LW 22
$0
$0
UFA
Nissen Dichow, Frederik G 22
$0
$0
UFA
Ruscheinski, Kieran D 22
$0
$0
UFA
Harvey-Pinard, Rafael LW 24
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Schueneman, Corey D 27
$0
UFA
Heineman, Emil LW 21
$897,500
$897,500
$0
RFA
Tuch, Luke LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Mysak, Jan C 20
$828,333
$828,333
$0
RFA
Smilanic, Ty C 21
$0
Smith, Jack C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Biondi, Blake C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Dobes, Jakub G 22
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Gordin, Alexander C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Mailloux, Logan D 20
$875,000
$875,000
$875,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kidney, Riley C 20
$836,667
$836,667
$836,667
$0
RFA

(2026)
Kapanen, Oliver C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Kostenko, Dmitri D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Trudeau, William D 20
$859,167
$859,167
$0
RFA
Sobolev, Daniil D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Roy, Joshua C 19
$835,000
$835,000
$835,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Simoneau, Xavier C 22
$855,000
$855,000
$0
RFA
Vrbetic, Joe G 20
$0
$0
UFA
Mesar, Filip C 19
$918,333
$918,333
$918,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Beck, Owen C 19
$885,000
$885,000
$885,000
$0
RFA

(2026)
Guindon, Cedrick C 19
$0
$0
UFA
Rohrer, Vinzenz C 18
$0
$0
UFA
Hutson, Lane D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Engström, Adam D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Davidson, Jared C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Croteau, Emmett G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Nurmi, Petteri D 21
$0
$0
UFA
Tourigny, Miguël D 21
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$12,180,000
$10,472,500
$4,350,000