Marc Bergevin completed several transactions during his years at the helm of the Canadiens. Of the transactions he has rarely lost…
Unfortunately, he lost a big one when he sent Mikhail Sergachev to Tampa Bay in return for Jonathan Drouin, but hey…
Bergevin was the prime contractor for several excellent trades.
Thomas Vanek (and a fifth-round pick) in return for Sebastian Collberg (no NHL game) and a second-round pick (Johnathan Macleod, a player who never signed an NHL contract)…
Jeff Petry for a second-round pick and another fourth-round pick…
Shea Weber in return for PK Subban…
Nick Suzuki. Tomas Tatar and a second-round pick (which ultimately became Mattias Norlinder) for Max Pacioretty…
But probably the best trade of the Bergevin era was this: Danault and a second-round pick (Alexander Romanov) for Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann, two guys who only played a few games in Chicago before take the road to Philadelphia in the case of Weise and hang up his skates in the case of Fleischmann. Weise had one point in 15 regular games and another in four playoff games, while Fleichsmann was good at the end of the season (five points in 19 games), but less in the playoffs (no points in four games) with the Blackhawks.
Danault has become the player he is today – coming off a 27-goal, 51-point season at THE – thanks to his time in Montreal, a city he thrilled (and which in turn thrilled him) for just over five years. And Romanov recently reported Kirby Dach.
And Internet user named Costa Rontzocos has gone even further in the shelling of this transaction and its subsequent effects.
How did CH acquire Dale Weise before trading him? By sending Raphaël Diaz to Vancouver. Diaz had signed in Montreal as an unrestricted free agent. He had never been drafted and he was playing in Europe.
Montreal signed Raphael Diaz on May 13th 2011 and acquired Kirby Dach on July 8th 2022
11 year long link https://t.co/1Y3dV00OQG
– Costa Rontzocos (@Rontzeeez) July 9, 2022
Note that Fleischmann had joined the Canadiens as an unrestricted free agent a few months before being traded, after having impressed as a guest (PTO) during training camp if I remember correctly.
In short, yes, Kirby Dach was expensive to acquire this summer… but when we keep the chronology of events and the various past transactions, we come to the conclusion that in the end, the Canadian was able to get his hands on Dach – a third overall pick who could hatch much like Danault did in Montreal – from almost nothing, like. A fourth-round pick sent to New York with Romanov and a third-round pick then sent to Chicago with Dach…
And choices, the Canadian had a ton during the last draft.
What superb staff management! Or asset managementif you prefer… all of this while coming full circle with the organization of the Blackhawks (of Wise/Danault/Fleischmann in Dach).
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– Gord Miller (TSN) would return Slafkovsky to the too Finland in 2022-23.
ICYMI: @TSN_Sports hockey analyst @GMillerTSN joined @HunterZThompson to talk about some NHL players wanting anonymity and what he would do with Juraj Slafkovský after training camp. Listen: https://t.co/ZVOtZeG7t4
— TSN 690 Radio (@TSN690) July 22, 2022
– If ever Pierre-Luc Dubois ends up in Montreal, it will have cost a lot of money.
Canadiens would pay steep price to land Dubois | HI/O Bonus https://t.co/QR5QgIMrHC
— Montreal Gazette (@mtlgazette) July 22, 2022
– Josh Anderson has lost six pounds since the start of the summer and has built up a lot of shoulder muscle.
Josh says he’s looking forward to a full season with Marty as the coach; summer workouts have been going great! He’s dropped 6lbs, down to 220. Doing lots of work strengthening the shoulders. Photo courtesy of his father. @CanadiensMTL #Habs #PEI pic.twitter.com/SoVCNBb4ZO
— Liam Maguire (@Liams_Hockey) July 22, 2022
– The two Alberta teams had a very different summer.
Oilers improve; the big losers Flameshttps://t.co/6Au6nygCpd
— RDS (@RDSca) July 22, 2022
– World Junior Championships 2022: three talented Swedish players will not participate.
– Scandal at Hockey Canada: Gilles Courteau will be called to testify and possibly discuss the cases of Nicholas Daigle and Massimo Siciliano.
Daigle & Siciliano are charged w sexual assault. Daigle also charged w making & distributing a video of the incident. After their arrests last June, both players attended Tigres training camp & played in pre-season games.
— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) July 22, 2022
– Should Hockey Quebec stop sending dollars to Hockey Canada?
#SPORTS | “If I were Hockey Quebec, I wouldn’t send a penny to #HockeyCanada», s’insurge @MBoulayJDM ????
To see the continuation of the discussion with @Alex_Moranvilleit’s right here ???? https://t.co/adOd6A0mv3 pic.twitter.com/oUxIAKENtP
— QUB radio (@QubRadio) July 21, 2022