Montreal Canadiens: 2021-22 Current Projected Lineup

The Montreal Canadiens have had an extremely busy offseason it seems, but it hasn’t really even started yet.

We got news that Shea Weber is almost definitely out of the lineup for all of next season and maybe far more and that Carey Price is probably going to need surgery and could even be taken in the expansion draft tonight.

The Canadiens also officially made Dominique Ducharme the head coach and signed assistant coach Luke Richardson to a three year contract. There have also been plenty of rumours that Phillip Danault won’t be back next season and will test the waters as a free agent.

Other than that, you know three key players from the playoff run to the Stanley Cup Final likely being gone, or injured, next season, not much has gone on. Of course, the expansion draft is tonight and the NHL Draft takes place this weekend. The Canadiens have 11 picks in the upcoming draft and it appears they will have a boatload of cash to spend when free agency opens next week.

So, before all of the changes take place with expansion selections, trades and free agent signings, let’s take a quick look at where the Canadiens stand right now. We are going to look at what their lineup would look like if they did absolutely nothing between now and opening night.

The only thing we will assume is that all restricted free agents are eventually re-signed but that the unrestricted free agents are not. The purpose isn’t to assume general manager Marc Bergevin will do nothing at all this offseason, but to try and identify where he needs to upgrade.