Montreal Canadiens: Five Potential Jeff Petry Trades

Detroit Red Wings

A trade with the Detroit Red Wings would make sense for a few reasons, but also be complicated for a few reasons as well.

It does make sense to try and get Petry to Michigan, where his family is currently living. One of his main issues this season is obviously not being able to see his family who are living in Michigan while Petry is in Montreal.

It would also make sense for the Red Wings to try and add a veteran defender so they can move out Nick Leddy and Marc Staal before the trade deadline. The Red Wings will be sellers, but recently brought in Leddy and Staal to help mentor their younger blue liners and to allow those young defencemen to develop properly before being thrust into bigger roles they aren’t ready to take on.

Both Leddy and Staal are free agents at season’s end so the Red Wings could add picks or prospects by moving them out, but then bring in Petry to play the leadership role for the next few years.

However, Petry is a right shot defender, while Leddy and Staal both play the left side. The Red Wings already have Moritz Seider and Filip Hronek on the right side, so they don’t really need another top four right defender.

Still, the Red Wings could use a local veteran to provide leadership and might be willing to give up a struggling young prospect with high upside to add a player like Petry.