Three Anaheim Ducks players the Montreal Canadiens may trade for

This is far from the first time the Ducks and Montreal Canadiens have been involved in trade speculation together.

Scouts attended Habs games (and vice versa) last season when it was clear things with Pacioretty were going south. And it wasn’t only regular scouts as Bergevin himself would attend some of these games.

The same thing is happening this season. Bergevin has been sighted watching the last two Ducks games: the 9-2 shelling at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets and Monday night’s 6-1 beating against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The first impulse of this “news” is to take it with a grain of salt obviously.

I’ve seen some connect the dots saying Bergevin was only there because the Montreal Canadiens were set to take them on Tuesday at Bell Centre. True but it wouldn’t be surprising to see something else here. A regular scout could’ve done that, Bergevin taking it upon himself to watch not only one but two games ahead of the one against his own team does smell a bit.

Then again, this could be very ‘tin-foil hatty’ which is fine as this could just be another point of discussion as to how the Montreal Canadiens attempt to add another top-pair defenceman (again assuming Mete isn’t the guy).

The Anaheim Ducks have had a lot of playoff success since winning the Stanley Cup back in 2007. Since then, they’ve qualified for the post-season nine out of the last 11 years. Their key contributors have aged and gotten slower while they’re drafting has been okay. But we’ve seen the benefits of having a year or two that results in a top-five pick and Anaheim having few of them has caught up to them as a franchise.

If it is time to sell and Bob Murray is willing to listen on some deals, there are three players who the Montreal Canadiens may ask about.