Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $66,537,977
Projected Cap Space: $8,462,023
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $8,462,023
Deadline Cap Space: $39,348,407
Todays Cap Hit: $66,537,977
Roster: 23/23
Contracts: 46/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Mark Streit, D FA – Pit
Ales Hemsky, RW FA – Dal
Matt Taormina, D FA – TB
Joe Morrow, D FA – Bos
Peter Holland, C FA – Ari
Byron Froese, C FA – TB
Karl Alzner, D FA – Wsh
David Schlemko, D T – VGK
Jonathan Drouin, RW/LW T – TB
Jakub Jerabek, D FA-Europe
Antoine Waked, RW FA
Out
Dwight King, LW FA-Europe
Andrei Markov, D FA-Europe
Nikita Nesterov, D FA-Europe
Alexander Radulov, RW FA – Dal
Keegan Lowe, D FA – Edm
Joel Hanley, D FA – Ari
Stefan Matteau, LW FA – VGK
Brian Flynn, W/C FA – Dal
Alexei Emelin, D ED – VGK
Nathan Beaulieu, D T – Buf
Mikhail Sergachev, D T – TB
Steve Ott, C/LW Retired
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Alex Galchenyuk | Phillip Danault | Brendan Gallagher |
| Max Pacioretty | Jonathan Drouin | Andrew Shaw |
| Artturi Lehkonen | Tomas Plekanec | Ales Hemsky |
| Paul Byron | Torrey Mitchell | Andreas Martinsen |
| Charles Hudon | Michael McCarron | Nikita Scherbak |
| Daniel Carr | Peter Holland | |
| Defense | Defense | |
| Shea Weber | Goaltender | Karl Alzner |
| Jeff Petry | Carey Price | David Schlemko |
| Jordie Benn | Al Montoya | Brandon Davidson |
| Joe Morrow | Mark Streit | |
| Eric Gelinas | Jakub Jerabek | |
| Noah Juulsen |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Tomas Plekanec, Torrey Mitchell, Ales Hemsky, Jakub Jerabek, Mark Streit, Andreas Martinsen, Chris Terry, and Zach Redmond.
Restricted – Brandon Davidson, Phillip Danault, Michael McCarron, Jacob De La Rose, Daniel Carr, Tom Parisi, Zachary Fucale, Charlie Lindgren, Joe Morrow, Markus Eisenschmid and Jeremy Grégoire
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Montreal
2nd – Montreal, Chicago
3rd – Montreal
4th –
5th – Montreal
6th – Tampa Bay*
7th – Montreal
Top 10 Montreal Canadiens Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Noah Juulsen – Defense
2. Ryan Poehling – Center
3. Nikita Scherbak – Right Wing
4. Josh Brook – Defense
5. Joni Ikonen – Center
6. Zach Fucale – Goaltender
7. Charles Hudon – Left Wing
8. Michael McNiven – Goaltender
9. Will Bitten – Center
10. Victor Mete – Defense