Almost six years ago to the day, the Montreal Canadiens shook the hockey world and their fanbase with move that would define the franchise for the years to follow. In a wild hour that saw Steven Stamkos re-sign in Tampa Bay and Taylor Hall be infamously traded “one for one” to Edmonton, the Canadiens might have surprised everyone the most.
Gone was fan favourite and Norris Trophy-winner P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators, and in return came the grizzled glare and thundering shot of Shea Weber. As with all hockey trades there is always an immediate rush to name a winner and a loser in deals, and at the time this writer pegged the Habs as having lost the trade in the immediate aftermath.