A seatbelt won’t help you if you don’t wear it. That’s a lesson Marc Bergevin learned this summer when he traded a veritable superstar and possible future hall of famer for an aging defender who is almost certainly past his prime.
What will almost certainly go down as one of the worst trades in Montreal Canadiens history (the only reason it might not is because they’ve made a couple stinkers in the past) could have been prevented. This is true for all trades, obviously, but a new bit of information from Eric Engels makes this particularly interesting.