Montreal Canadiens: 5 Takeaways from Marc Bergevin’s Interview

Examining Marc Bergevin’s thoughts on the up coming Expansion Draft, and how it will impact the Canadiens.

Marc Bergevin hinted that the Expension Draft will impact what the Montreal Canadiens do in the future. Whether that is before the trade deadline or not, the Habs will some tough choices to make moving forward. The Habs have a solid top four on Defense and the Canadiens may have to make a decision on which player to move.

Shea Weber, Jeff Petry, Nathan Beaulieu and Alexei Emelin have all given the Habs solid performance this season. All of them are or have shown the potential they can handle top four minutes. Nathan Beaulieu has the most potential out of the four, but he has played the least, and ceased a larger role.

However, Emelin has arguably been the biggest surprise for the Habs this season. Emelin has played the majority of the season with Shea Weber on the Habs top pairing, and has played a ton of minutes.

As a result, the Habs could decide to keep Emelin, and trade Beaulieu for some type of asset in return. Colorado has been looking for a young defender, and maybe Beaulieu could be part of a package for Forward Matt Duchene. It will be interesting to see how the Canadiens handle this situation moving forward.

The safe bet though is that the Canadiens will find a way to hang on Beaulieu. Vegas would surely love to add a young puck moving defender, who has a ton of potential.