Required fields are marked *. The 29-year-old forward had 37 points (17 goals, 20 assists) in 64 games with Montreal last season, missing the final 18 games of the regular season with a knee injury. Vegas picked up the forward from the Detroit Red Wings at the 2018 deadline. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. Pacioretty has 17 goals and 20 assists for 37 points in 64 games this pas season. Brendan Gallagher is on a monstrous value deal, earning only $3.75 million per season until 2021. This should decrease volatility in point production expectation, and provides a more stable model where the team does not have to be dependent on too many other players replicating the production they saw during the 2017-18 season. Both teams are retaining salary in the deal. Max Pacioretty will be a free agent this after this year, and will be 30 for the start of the 2019-20 season. The Montreal Canadiens have traded forward Max Pacioretty to the Vegas Golden Knights for forward Tomas Tatar, prospect Nick Suzuki and a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. Nick Suzuki is a very good prospect, ranking 4th on that list and 5th for all Vegas U-23 players. TV, NHL Premium, NHL After Dark, NHL GameCenter, NHL GameCenter LIVE, NHL Network name and logo, NHL Tonight name and logo, On The Fly, NHL Awards name and logo, NHL Draft name and logo, NHL Mascots, Hockey Fights Cancer, Because It's The Cup, NHL Green name and logo, NHL Vault, Hockey Is For Everyone, NHL Thanksgiving Showdown name and logo, NHL Centennial Classic name and logo, NHL Centennial Season logo, NHL100 Classic name and logo, NHL Global Series name and logo, NHL China Games name and logo, NHL Power Players name and logo, and Don't Miss A Moment are trademarks of the National Hockey League. I wish him all the best. This would place increased importance on the successes of prospects like Glass and Elvenes, specifically during their entry-level contract years. Pacioretty has 226 goals and 222 assists for 448 points in 626 career games with the Habs. After months of rumours, the Montreal Canadiens have agreed to trade captain Max Pacioretty to Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Tomas Tatar, Nick Suzuki and a second-round pick in the 2019 draft.. According to CapFriendly, the deal also includes a limited 10-team no-trade clause while Josh Wegman of TheScore mentions the fact of which Pacioretty’s 2018-19 cap hit will remain $4.05 million, as established by his old deal, with the new extension kicking in for the 2019-20 regular season. 13 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, had 100 points (42 goals, 58 assists) in 64 games for Owen Sound in the Ontario Hockey League last season. NHL.com is the official web site of the National Hockey League. However, the cap situation on the NHL side is a little bit more nuanced. We were getting to a place [Sunday] morning to where a deal was possible, and we had a window of 6-7 hours until about 7 p.m. last night to get a deal done with the player. Luckily for Vegas, his departure should not create a seismic shift in how their system should be viewed moving forward, indicating their prospect pool should continue to be in pretty good shape. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup, the Stanley Cup Playoffs logo, the Stanley Cup Final logo, Center Ice name and logo, NHL Conference logos, NHL Winter Classic name, and The Biggest Assist Happens Off The Ice are registered trademarks and Stanley Cup Qualifiers name and logo, NHL.TV, Vintage Hockey word mark and logo, The Game Lives Where You Do, NHL Winter Classic logo, NHL Heritage Classic name and logo, NHL Stadium Series name and logo, NHL All-Star logo, NHL Face-Off name and logo, NHL. All rights reserved. He had one season remaining on a six-year contract and could have become an unrestricted free agent July 1, 2019. [28] Pacioretty confirmed in late August that he hadn't engaged in extensions talks with the club, signaling that the final year of his contract could also be the final year of his tenure with the Canadiens. The Golden Knights wasted little time in making sure Max Pacioretty will be around for the long haul after pulling off the trade that is bringing the former Montreal Canadiens captain to Las Vegas. All Rights Reserved. Nothing about this trade should impact that timeline, and the addition of Nick Suzuki gives Montreal another bullet in their arsenal as they move forward in a rebuild. With the two players eating up literally 25% of Montreal’s cap hit, navigating around the volatility of the former All-Stars even playing games is not going to be an easy proposition. The moves that Vegas has made this off-season point to a team that feels it should contend in the short-term, culminating in today’s trade. Tatar had 34 points (20 goals, 14 assists) in 82 games with the Golden Knights and Detroit Red Wings last season. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in seven of Pacioretty's 10 seasons, including reaching the Eastern Conference Final in 2010 and 2014. First, the positives. ", Video: Golden Knights trade for Max Pacioretty. Mock Draft (Entry Draft Simulator) NHL.com staff writer Mike Ziesberger and correspondent Sean Farrell contributed to this report. After a Cinderella run to the Stanley Cup Finals last year, there’s no question the Knights are doing what they can to leave no stone unturned as they look to duplicate (or improve upon) last year’s success. Canadiens owner Geoff Molson would not discuss the motive behind the trade request. Finally, should we compare Pacioretty to Tatar, we can see despite similar production at 5v5 play as Tomas Tatar, Pacioretty’s on-ice rates remain considerably better and provide increased stability for Vegas in the upcoming season, even if his point production doesn’t regress back towards his career averages. For Vegas, it’s all about winning and doing it as fast as possible. ", [WATCH: Canadiens' video tribute to Pacioretty  | RELATED: Fantasy spin | 2018-19 NHL Trade Tracker]. "He asked for a trade. Vegas acquires a goal scorer in Max Pacioretty. Looking above, his two year production and on-ice metrics trends are cause for concern, and playing for what could be a very bad team won’t help matters. He has three years remaining on a four-year contract he signed with Detroit after the 2016-17 season. He has played in 38 playoff games with the Habs recording 10 goals and nine assists in those games. And it's unfortunate to see a player go like Max. "It sounds like both sides are going to be happy. Even though the trends on Tomas Tatar are negative, his $4.8 million cap hit is palatable enough if he can squeeze out a few more 20 goal seasons, as he has done for the last four. Max Pacioretty NHL Trade history and details. His agent, Allan Walsh, said Aug. 28 that Pacioretty had no interest in leaving Montreal, but general manager Marc Bergevin said Monday that Pacioretty requested to be traded during the 2017-18 season. Bergevin acknowledged that the trade was contingent on Pacioretty discussing a contract extension with Vegas. The 27-year-old forward, selected by Detroit in the second round (No. This was another big Montreal trade in an era where we see very little of them. Montreal retained 10% of Max Pacioretty contract. Alongside the addition of Paul Stastny, Vegas should be able to offset the production lost within by the departures of James Neal and David Perron during the off-season. Pacioretty has netted at least 30 goals in each of his last five complete seasons. The Knights now have a few high-priced contracts on the books to 30+ year old players, after Pacioretty's extension was confirmed today. Montreal has one of the weirder cap situations in the league, with over $18 million tied up in aging stars Shea Weber (33 years old) and Carey Price (31 years old) through 2025. Their highest paid forward, Jonathan Drouin, is just 23 and earns $5.5 million through 2024, and still has room to grow. We encourage you to review it carefully. pic.twitter.com/HEt3uEXOo5, — Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) September 10, 2018. However, outside of Mete and Noah Juulsen, Corey Pronman does not have any defensemen in their U-23 top ten, so any cap roadblocks here would be more related to veteran upgrades (via trade or UFA) than making room for promising youngsters. Pacioretty has one more year left on his six-year $27 million dollar contract ($4.5 million AAV). For years, Max Pacioretty was a great value for the Montreal Canadiens on a $4.5M contract signed prior to the 2013-14 season, as one of the club’s top point producers. I played with him for 10 years. Tatar scored 20 goals and dished out 14 assists in 82 regular season games. Viz by Domenic Galamini Jr. (@MimicoHero): ownthepuck.blogspot.com. It's been ongoing," McPhee said. Still, as seen above, he is a likely candidate for Vegas’ second line (see above) with the ability to slide onto the first line. "That was the condition, and I can tell you that the negotiations intensified in the past 48 hours," he said. As Montreal is retaining $450K of his contract, Pacioretty only accounts for 5.78% of Vegas’ current team cap hit, so he should continue being a production-value asset for Vegas in 2018-19. "Took a couple of months. The NHL has updated its Privacy Policy effective January 16, 2020. As expected, however, Pacioretty has already signed an extension in Vegas for four years, totaling $28 million, which is set to begin next season. But that's a fact, yes. Pacioretty and the Golden Knights play the Canadiens at Bell Centre on Nov. 10. The second round pick is nice additive value for the Habs, but as Scott Cullen noted today, second round picks generally only have a 34% chance to make the NHL, all things equal. The Canadiens have acquired forwards Tomas Tatar and Nick Suzuki, and a 2nd round pick in 2019 from the Vegas Golden Knights (Columbus’ pick previously acquired by Vegas), in return for Max Pacioretty. Montreal gets a still improving goal-scorer in Tatar, who has 119 goals and 109 assists in 427 career games. "Sometimes a lot of talk, sometimes quiet. "It was an ongoing thing all summer, so for it to finally be done, it puts closure to that chapter," Montreal forward Andrew Shaw said.