Montreal Canadiens: Hypothetical Habs Trade With Every Atlantic Division Team

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings, much like the Buffalo Sabres, are a bit of a tire fire as well. They had one of the worst seasons we have ever seen in the salary cap era and need help everywhere. The only way to get out of this mess is to build through the draft.

There is no way the Red Wings are going to move a prospect, so Filip Zadina is out of the question. They only have one good forward line so Anthony Mantha isn’t coming home to Montreal either.

No, a trade with the Wings isn’t going to excite the Habs fan base. If these two teams can come together on a trade, it would be a reasonably priced depth veteran coming to Montreal and a draft pick heading back to Detroit.

Lots of Habs fans like to mock Bergevin for only ever acquiring fourth line forwards. This was certainly the case last time they were buyers at a trade deadline and added Steve Ott, Dwight King and Andreas Martinsen when they needed goal scoring. But, the Habs are pretty thin on depth forwards at the moment.

Remember Dale Weise, Jordan Weal and Alex Belzile playing in the postseason? Yeah, that’s because the Canadiens don’t have enough depth forwards at the moment. So, they acquire a right shot centre who can play on the fourth line from the Red Wings for a reasonable cost.