Trade confirmed: Montreal Canadiens - Tampa Bay Lightning

Trade Details
Montreal Canadiens Acquire: 2022 4th round pick (TBL - #128 - Cameron Whitehead) Sum: $0$0$0 Change: $0 Change: $0 Change: $0	Tampa Bay Lightning Acquire: 2021 4th round pick (VGK - #126 - Dylan Duke) Sum: $0$0$0 Change: $0 Change: $0 Change: $0

I picked Tampa to win because they traded 4ths and selected a guy who was suppose to be drafted in the 2nd round. Maybe Montreal does the same, but Tampa gets the early edge.

Thanks Montreal.

Bergevin why

JBB Is a God in draft day

Love that we got Duke. He’s a 2nd round talent.

Late 1st*

Not a single Major Scouting Agency had him in the 1st round????

Agreed. And in 2022 the players will be better scouted so less likely to find players that may be successful this late in the draft.

It will be interesting in 10 years to look back and see how this draft shakes out against others. My bet is we could see some weird things, like more 4th rounders be NHL regulars than 3rd rounders. It’s a crapshoot and most GMs know this at this point.

Waddell strategy: “gimme ALL the picks”

Bergeron strategy: “not gonna bother this year”

Granted they had a lot of picks to start with, but since the March trade deadline MTL has sloughed off 5 2021 draft picks, in exchange for players and for future draft capital.

I'd argue it's because he wants draft picks for the draft in Montreal. For the past 3 years we've had tons of picks, then the draft has been held online and then Bergevin moved picks to the next year.

MTL didn't get anything to move up, and TBL got a guy who should've gone in the 2nd round? What on Earth was Bergevin doing?

Not sure what you mean here?

It was a trade for a pick next year that's being held in Montreal so naturally he's going to build up picks. Value wise it's pretty fair (4th for 4th)