The 2015-16 NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone and despite being the slowest deadline in recent memory, that did not stop the Montreal Canadiens from executing a few moves/trades to bring in some new faces.
Before we go into any analysis, let’s first introduce who these new players are. Although this trade occurred a few days before Monday’s deadline, Montreal did acquire Phillip Danault when they sold Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann to Chicago as rentals. Danault is a 23 year old center who was Chicago’s 1st round pick in 2011(29th overall). Danault has played 34 games in his young NHL career, including 2 with Montreal, but has spent the bulk of his pro career playing at the AHL level in Rockford.