The Montreal Canadiens were very desperate for centres not very long ago. In their last playoff series which was in 2017, the Canadiens had Phillip Danault as their first line centre coming off a 41 point regular season and Tomas Plekanec was their second line centre following a 28 point season.
We shouldn’t have been surprised when the New York Rangers won that series in six games. We should have been surprised that the Montreal Canadiens were anywhere near a playoff series that year.
Since then, they have done a fantastic job building up their centre depth.