Habs Mailbag: Predicting future of Canadiens' goaltending situation

Since Samuel Montembeault has a new three-year contract that kicks in next season, I’ll say he will still be the No. 1 goalie three years from now. By that time, I figure Jacob Fowler will be the No. 2 goalie if he hasn’t already played well enough to be the No. 1. Fowler has had an incredible season as a freshman with Boston College, posting a 29-5-1 record with a 2.19 goals-against average and a .

If the Canadiens had Kirby Dach in the lineup, where do you think Alex Newhook fits best? Or, rather, who is the second-line centre and where does the other play?With Dach back in the lineup, I think Newhook would fit best as one of his wingers on the second line, possibly with Joshua Roy on the other side. Of course, that could change depending on what moves GM Kent Hughes makes during the offseason — and especially at the NHL Draft.

Why would a team get the useless contracts of injured players onto their books to meet the salary-cap floor in the NHL? Why not get players who can actually play for the team and spend their money that way?Because some owners in smaller markets are looking to save money instead of actually spending it.

The NHL salary-cap limit this season is US$83.5 million and the floor is US$61.7 million, meaning a team must have at least that much on its salary cap. So, take a contract like the one for former Canadiens captain Shea Weber, which was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights and then to the Arizona Coyotes, even though his career has been over since the end of the 2021 Stanley Cup final because of injuries. Weber still has two more seasons left on his 14-year, US$110-million contract, which has an annual salary-cap hit of US$7.857 million.

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