Montreal Canadiens: Hypothetical Habs Trade With Every Atlantic Division Team

Boston Bruins

The Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins do not link up for trades very often. In fact, Marc Bergevin has been the general manager for the Habs for eight years now and has not made a single trade with the Bruins. Not even like a 6th round pick this year for a 6th round pick next year kind of deal.

The last trade between the two sides was Patrick Traverse for Eric Weinrich back in 2001.

That is a long time to go without becoming trade partners. It is pretty obvious that the two sides really don’t want to help each other out. However, it could make sense now more than ever for the two teams to make a deal. That’s simply because one team has a huge need and the other team has a lot of options at that same position.

The Bruins look like they are going to lose Torey Krug to free agency. They also could lose Zdeno Chara to retirement. Both are left defencemen and would need to replaced for the Bruins to continue their contention window.

The Bruins could lose David Krejci to free agency in a year and Patrice Bergeron’s contract is up a year after that. They could look drastically different in two years time, so they need to act fast to contend for the 2021 Stanley Cup.

They are not going to find a top pairing left defender by trading with Montreal, but they could find a steady second pairing guy to play with Brandon Carlo. Carlo is a huge, physical right shot defender and could use a speedy left defenceman who likes to join the rush as his partner.