All of the trade rumours and speculation leading up to draft day completely revolved around the Habs P.K. Subban. Despite Bergevin trying to put an end to all the rumours they continued to persist. Then earlier on in the draft Gary Bettman announced that he had some trades to announce.
Both of the trades involved the Montreal Canadiens. The first trade sent Center Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals in exchange for two second round picks, one in 2017 and the other in 2018.
The next trade had Montreal acquire the Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw.