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Reinbachers contract hasnt even started yet. By the time hes due for his second deal the cap will have risen likely 4 times. Plus price will be done, gallaghers contract will done before that happens. On Slaf and Guhle the cap will have risen twice before their new deals start. Plus armia, petry retention, edmundson retention, savard and dvorak will be off the cap. Starting next year we are gonna see the big cap rises come back every year as the players have now paid back the extra escrow caused by Covid. All the shit contracts from the last regime are also gonna age out and be off the cap as the kids deals become due. But the one thing ill also say, we HOPE that those kids become as impactful as Nylander, a guy who can put up 30+ goals and 80+ points every year. Hes already done it. If we have him and then Slaf and Reinbacher and Guhle are also 8, 9, 10m worthy players, we deal.with it. Its a good problem to have. But there is no guarantee any of them is as good as Nylander.

Enjoy retirement Pleky! A great soldier for this team over the years

The Habs are now ranked 12th in the league for power play (22.6%) and 20th for penalty kill (75.6%), in spite of the early struggles. Who saw this coming? Yes, yes, still early and a small sample size ... but the special teams have actually looked better, too, in the last few weeks.