With the Taylor Hall sweepstakes done and dusted on Sunday evening, the Montreal Canadiens were in need of a Plan B for adding more scoring depth. They were also limited by their cap situation after inking Josh Anderson and Joel Edmundson to sizable deals in the past few weeks. What happened was a bit of great negotiation from Marc Bergevin as he landed free agent Tyler Toffoli on a four-year deal worth $4.25 million a season.
Despite not getting the biggest fish in Hall, Bergevin landed himself a fine consolation prize in Toffoli, and did so without needing to shift any prominent members of his team in a trade.