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The everlasting ripple effect of the Craig Rivet trade. Day: 4823

May 9, 2020 at 2:43 p.m.
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Happy quarantine to everyone,
Today we'll take a look down on my favorite Montreal Canadiens trade tree since I'm a fan, this 2007 trade would set a powerful ripple effect on the whole organisation and is still seen to this day -and counting-.

February 25, 2007: Craig Rivet along with Montreal's 2008 5th round pick are traded to San Jose in exchange for Josh Gorges and their 2007 1st.
-Craig Rivet ended up getting 43 points in his 91 games played in San Jose before being traded to Buffalo.
-Josh Gorges spent his next 7 years where he's -mainly- played top four for his 464 games in Montreal. He's also been Montreal's alternate captain for his last two seasons in town.
-Montreal selected Max Pacioretty 22nd overall, he ended up playing 626 games with the Habs racking up 448 points and named team Captain for three years.
-With the 146th pick, San Jose selected Julien Demers. He fared well in the OHL but left the hockey world in 2011 before seeing any NHL ice time.

July 4, 2008: The San Jose Sharks traded Craig Rivet to the Sabres in return for their 2009 and 2010 2nd round picks.
-In 2009 SJ selected William Wrenn. Wrenn never lived up to his good sophomore season in the USDP and since he's been floating from a league to another (WHL, AHL, ECHL, KHL, Liiga, DEL, EBEL) without ever recording an NHL game (Hasn't officially retired but highly unlikely to touch an NHL ice).

February 7, 2010: The Sharks traded Buffalo's 2010 2nd round pick to Carolina for Niclas Wallin and their 2010 5th round pick.
-Wallin played 97 games under the sun -as a bottom pairing defenseman- before heading to the SHL where he has retired from hockey the very next year.
-With the 127th pick the team selected Cody Ferriero. Drafted after his interesting USHS development years he hasn't done anything following it. He failed to reach the AHL and has been out of the hockey world since 2016.

July 1, 2014: The Montreal Canadiens traded Josh Gorges to the Buffalo Sabres (Who also traded for Rivet, mildly interesting fact) for Minnesota's 2016 2nd round pick.
-Josh stayed four years in the "City of no illusions" where he's had average success. He retired as a Sabres in 2018.

June 24, 2016: Montreal -paired with another 2nd round pick- traded Minnesota's 2016 2nd round pick to Chicago for the signing rights of Andrew Shaw.
-That trade's been talked about a lot because Chicago took DeBrincat with the other pick but Shaw's been a very good addition to Montreal in the late 2010's. He brought grit to this team and has been able to get pucks into the net on while playing on Danault's wing, he totaled 96 points over the 182 games played in The city of Saints.
-With the 45th pick the Blackhawks selected Chad Krys. He's still a Chicago prospect but the shine is starting to wear off the apple as he's been surpassed by a number of blueliner prospect and is still showing too much inconsistency in his D+4 year.

September 10, 2018: The Canadiens are trading their captain Max Pacioretty to Las Vegas for Tomas Tatar, Nick Suzuki and CBJ 2019 2nd round pick.
-The "Pacc watch" was finally over and after putting up 226 goals in Montreal, Max has finally been traded.
-Tomas Tatar ended up fitting very nicely in Montreal's top six where he's put up 119 points on the board in his 148 games -and counting- with the team.
-Nick Suzuki has already shown this year what he was able to do and he figures to be a part of this team's core for a long time, his 41 points rookie season are -hopefully- just the tip of the iceberg.

June 22, 2019: Montreal traded down in the 2019 NHL entry draft and gave Columbus' 2nd rounder to the LA Kings in exchange for the 64th and the 126th selection in this draft year.
-Samuel (The 50th overall selection for the Kings) had an excellent D+1 year showing up in every tournement he was in especially when paired with Hoglander in the 2020 WJC. More of a sniper than a playmaker Fagemo still has top six upside in the NHL, it'll be interesting to see him grow up.
-Habs selected Mattias Norlinder with their 64th overall pick and he rapidly became an intriguing prospect in his first post draft year. His IQ level's so high that it feels like he sees the game in slowmotion, his crisp first pass and sneaky speed makes him a very interesting prospect to look going forward.
-With the 126th pick Montreal selected Jacob Leguerrier a big Soo Greyhounds defender. His offensive upside was almost non existent but his Hall Gill'esque defensive efforts made him a Canadiens pick. Surprisingly enough he doubled his offensive stats -in seven less games- the very next season while being named alternate captain for his OHL team. Montreal may have found a diamond in the rough here but still very early for the hypetrain to leave the station.

June 30, 2019: The Chicago Blackhawks are bringing Shaw back home, in exchange Montreal's getting Chicago's 2020 second and seventh rounders along with their 2021 third.
-None of the picks have been made yet. (Personnal note: It is hard to hate this trade. You've got slightly less value than what you paid for 3 years ago for a player that got older and had way too many concussions in that span.)
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The Rivet tree will continue to grow for years to come and will hopefully give Montreal the players they need to bring Lord Stanley back where it belong, home. Thank you Gainey.
Hope you enjoyed reading my write-up, all constructive comments are always welcomed!
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Jun. 1, 2020 at 1:23 p.m.
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