RALEIGH, NC - NOVEMBER 18: Montreal Canadiens. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
The Montreal Canadiens tried the offer sheet route to acquire star talent a year ago. Do the Carolina Hurricanes regret matching the offer?
With apologies to Saku Koivu, the Montreal Canadiens haven’t had a star first line centre for decades. Kirk Muller played that role in 1993 while leading the team to their last Stanley Cup. Pierre Turgeon was excellent but only played about 100 games in Montreal. Koivu was somewhere between really good and great, but wasn’t ever a top 10 centre in the league at any time.