See the article here it literally gives me a headache to try and understand this: https://www.nhl.com/canad...-0818-SeanMonahan-Release no wonder it took half a day to work out
- Karine Hains

Holy crap ... I thought Quantum Physics was hard.

WoW, hey it’s a first round. Just don’t know which one 😂

Holy crap ... I thought Quantum Physics was hard.
- Garfield512

this is probably a record for one of the most complicated conditions ever. I think the strategy is that other teams don't understand clearly what's going on, so that the habs get free picks...

See the article here it literally gives me a headache to try and understand this: https://www.nhl.com/canad...-0818-SeanMonahan-Release no wonder it took half a day to work out
- Karine Hains

Long story short -
If CGY picks 20-32 in 2024, Habs can choose that pick.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and both are out of the top 10, MTL gets the best
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and CGY is in the top 10, MTL gets FLA's.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026, MTL gets CGY's 1st in 2025 unless it's 1st overall
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026 and CGY picks 1st in 2025, MTL gets the best of the 2 first picks in 2026.

Is what I understand. There's also 3rd and 4th rounders involved but who cares.

CGY will get FLA's 2025 1st pick, unless it wins a lottery, in which case it defaults to 2026.

Long story short -
If CGY picks 20-32 in 2024, Habs can choose that pick.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and both are out of the top 10, MTL gets the best
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and CGY is in the top 10, MTL gets FLA's.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026, MTL gets CGY's 1st in 2025 unless it's 1st overall
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026 and CGY picks 1st in 2025, MTL gets the best of the 2 first picks in 2026.

Is what I understand. There's also 3rd and 4th rounders involved but who cares.
- jugkope

is it possible to dumb it down a bit more..? I still find it's a headache

So no one going to Calgary, Mtl is now 6.1 M over the cap, no biggie in the offseason but it has to be sorted out… kinda thinking Price may be back on LTIR before long…unless Monahan’s hip is not ready? So many questions, so few answers…

is it possible to dumb it down a bit more..? I still find it's a headache
- Pat1993

Not really. I can add what Florida's 2025 pick condition is buuuut that won't help.

Long story short -
If CGY picks 20-32 in 2024, Habs can choose that pick.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and both are out of the top 10, MTL gets the best
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and CGY is in the top 10, MTL gets FLA's.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026, MTL gets CGY's 1st in 2025 unless it's 1st overall
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026 and CGY picks 1st in 2025, MTL gets the best of the 2 first picks in 2026.

Is what I understand. There's also 3rd and 4th rounders involved but who cares.
- jugkope

The little old lady in the NHL office that typed this just commited suicide. RIP !

EDIT: So in a nutshell, we're getting CGY's first pick sometime between now and the next ice age. Gotcha!

Hughes confirms Price on LTIR basically doesnt see a way he plays this year

Long story short -
If CGY picks 20-32 in 2024, Habs can choose that pick.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and both are out of the top 10, MTL gets the best
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2025, and CGY is in the top 10, MTL gets FLA's.

If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026, MTL gets CGY's 1st in 2025 unless it's 1st overall
If CGY gets FLA's 1st in 2026 and CGY picks 1st in 2025, MTL gets the best of the 2 first picks in 2026.

Is what I understand. There's also 3rd and 4th rounders involved but who cares.

CGY will get FLA's 2025 1st pick, unless it wins a lottery, in which case it defaults to 2026.
- jugkope

is it possible to dumb it down a bit more..? I still find it's a headache
- Pat1993

2024: Montreal can take CGY's pick if it's between 20 and 32

If not
2025: Similar to Dvorak trade - best pick unless CGY is top 10. If FLA is top 10, CGY gets their 2026 1st instead, in which case the pick is only 1st OA-protected

If CGY picks top 10 in 2025
2026: Best between FLA and CGY's 1st.

So no one going to Calgary, Mtl is now 6.1 M over the cap, no biggie in the offseason but it has to be sorted out… kinda thinking Price may be back on LTIR before long…unless Monahan’s hip is not ready? So many questions, so few answers…
- Karine Hains

Is Guhle a lock to make the big club ???

If so perhaps shipping Matheson off to the Ducks for a couple of 2nd and a 3rd picks may be something to look at to clear cap space.. Ducks need a reliable LHD after Cam.

a first in 3 years, and the return for Monahan at the tdl, probably a 2nd if they retain 50%.
so a 1st and a 2nd for nothing.
difficult to complain.

The little old lady in the NHL office that typed this just commited suicide. RIP !

EDIT: So in a nutshell, we're getting CGY's first pick sometime between now and the next ice age. Gotcha!
- Garfield512

The longer we wait, the better it can get.

- Wildschwein

My version is still simpler than EE's

Kent Hughes confirms that they will accomodate Monahan’s salary by putting Price on LTIR, the news on his knee are discouraging, doesnt see a way he gets back to play this season. No progress on the knee. Plasma injection did not help.

Kent Hughes confirms that they will accomodate Monahan’s salary by putting Price on LTIR, the news on his knee are discouraging, doesnt see a way he gets back to play this season. No progress on the knee. Plasma injection did not help.
- Karine Hains

Doubt he will ever play again. What a great career though!!

a first in 3 years, and the return for Monahan at the tdl, probably a 2nd if they retain 50%.
so a 1st and a 2nd for nothing.
difficult to complain.
- fidopro

Now and forever known as Monahab

a first in 3 years, and the return for Monahan at the tdl, probably a 2nd if they retain 50%.
so a 1st and a 2nd for nothing.
difficult to complain.
- fidopro

Yep ... not a bad day's work for HuGo.

Doubt he will ever play again. What a great career though!!
- AGalchenyuk27

yeah, it ends on such a sour note though, really sucks but oh well.

Kent Hughes confirms that they will accomodate Monahan’s salary by putting Price on LTIR, the news on his knee are discouraging, doesnt see a way he gets back to play this season. No progress on the knee. Plasma injection did not help.
- Karine Hains

I'm not even surprised ... he's done.

Doubt he will ever play again. What a great career though!!
- AGalchenyuk27

Yup, really carried the team on his back for a while.

That unlikely cup run will have claimed 2 careers in the end, the Captain and the Star Goaltender, Weber and Price, the 2 foundational pillars of the Bergevin era…#gohabsgo This is a sad day for Canadiens fans everywhere.

See the article here it literally gives me a headache to try and understand this: https://www.nhl.com/canad...-0818-SeanMonahan-Release no wonder it took half a day to work out
- Karine Hains

That unlikely cup run will have claimed 2 careers in the end, the Captain and the Star Goaltender, Weber and Price, the 2 foundational pillars of the Bergevin era…#gohabsgo This is a sad day for Canadiens fans everywhere.
- Karine Hains

euh, not really no.
we turn the page, look to the future. this is actually a good news.