Three Anaheim Ducks players the Montreal Canadiens may trade for

1. Hampus Lindholm

The top-pair defenceman was the prize of a poor season in 2012 for the Anaheim Ducks. They wound up with the sixth overall pick using it to select Hampus Lindholm from Rogle BK Angelholm.

Lindholm is the perfect combination of size (6’3″ and 211 pounds) and skating ability. These two qualities make him an effective shutdown defenceman who can play up to and beyond 25 minutes a night along with an ability to put up points.

The 25-year-old set a career high in goals last season with 13 in 69 games where three came on the powerplay. Lindholm isn’t confined to a single way of scoring as his slap shot, and wrist shot are equally effective and dangerous. Additionally, he’s more of a puck advancer than a puck mover. He can disrupt plays in the defensive zone and quickly get the puck up to his corresponding wingers for the go-ahead play not leaving the zone until the puck does.

His defensive reads are generally on point, and that’s made Lindholm a key contributor on the penalty kill. He also doesn’t cheat you for effort which can be seen by his performance this season. Lindholm has by far been one of Anaheim’s best players in a year where nothing has been going for them. Several plays created by him later went to the wayside thanks to lack of skill from the forwards or plain bad puck luck.

Lindholm would be a perfect fit with Weber as the two excel in their two-way game and can both send bombs from the point.

And if that doesn’t sell you, his $5,205,556 cap-hit for the next three seasons should.