We don't often catch wind of a Montreal Canadiens trade before it happens, but this was one of the very rare times that Marc Bergevin didn't surprise us. Some of Hockey Twitter's big names broke the news yesterday of a potential Kassian for Scrivens trade, which is precisely what was finalized this morning. There seems to be about a 50/50 split between Habs fans as to whether or not this was a decent acquisition, and though I am a bit surprised by it, I think bringing on Ben Scrivens was a good call.
Kassian wasn't going to suit up for Montreal
Let's be honest here, following the incident in September, it was pretty obvious that the Montreal Canadiens had no real interest in working with Zak Kassian.