The Montreal Canadiens have a curious tendency to trade away Norris Trophy-calibre defencemen. Six members of the Canadiens have won the Norris, and between them, they have won the trophy 12 times. But only a single one of them ended up playing his entire career in Montreal: Jacques Laperrière.
Let’s look back at those they traded away, and see how things panned out for the Habs.
The Trade: On June 13, 1961, the Canadiens traded Doug Harvey to the New York Rangers in exchange for Lou Fontinato.
Reasons: In what would go on to be one of the more bizarre trades in Canadiens history, the team sent their premiere defenceman to the New York Rangers, in return for noted pugilist "Leapin'" Lou Fontinato.