How Signing Raphael Diaz Resulted In The Habs Acquiring Phillip Danault 4-Years Later | Trade Trees

[@gabriiel411]

A fun one is how trading craig rivet to san jose got montreal josh gorges and max pacioretty who has now gotten montreal suzuki and tatar. Edit: Thanks for all the likes everyone :)

[@Ryukasan1]

Then Montréal traded Gorges for a 2nd pick that was later traded with an additionnal 2nd pick for Shaw that got later traded for 2nd, 3rd and 7th pick, that was later traded for Jake Allen.....This trade happened 15 years ago and still keep on giving!!!

[@pedromaleque3786]

Let's not forget that trade allowed Montreal to draft Jan Mysak, Jacob Leguerrier, and Mattias Norlinder!

[@crazypants-zk4wg]

@@Ryukasan1 Damn that’s true. I was thinking he should a Pacioretty trade tree but I forgot that it started with Craig Rivet and I also forgot that the tree doesn’t end with him. That’s a big tree damn

[@adrianstevens165]

I thought he did that already

[@gabriiel411]

@@adrianstevens165 i looked on sportsnet and couldnt find it, maybe it was on his personal channel?

[@MrGabroux]

Interesting tidbit and probably the main reason why MTL went for Danault. MB drafted him with Chicago back when he was AGM with them.

[@lolzable1]

very interesting, I didn't know that but it makes sense!

[@rubencohen8320]

Actually Bergevin has mentioned during an interview that, since he was only Ass. GM, drafting Danault was his idea but he had to push for it to happen. What's funny is that MB was named Ass. GM only 10 days before the 2011 draft where the Hawks picked Danault.

[@pedromaleque3786]

Do the trade tree of Josh Gorges (SJS) for Craig Rivet (MTL)! That trade tree is still taking shape over 10 years later

[@genevieve4679]

yes please!

[@ozma6918]

I've seen it requested a lot, but maybe that's just it? It's still taking shape, hence he'd want to wait before doing it? (Just speculating here!)

[@pedromaleque3786]

@@ozma6918 Makes sense! I really a video about that trade gets done eventually. It's such an interesting one to break down.

[@Jame5man]

Bergevin, who was Assistant GM in Chicago at the time, really liked Danault after watching him play some games in the Q. He wanted to draft him with Chicago’s 18th pick but they went with Mark McNeill from Prince Albert. Who played 2 NHL games, none for Chicago, and is currently playing in Austria. But Chicago also had the 26th pick so Marc got his guy. That’s why when he saw an opportunity to sell high and buy low and get Danault, he took it.

[@felixeur1276]

Big Bicep Bergevin played 4D Chess on that entire tree

[@alankrzesinski8809]

I hope Stan Bowman writes a book one day and explains what he was thinking with this trade. I remember Danault stepped in for an injured Kruger who was a defensive 4th line center. He had a broken wrist and was primarily used to win d zone faceoffs. Danault stepped in and was just as good, if not better. Also Danault was younger, cheaper at the time, and not recovering from a broken wrist. But as soon as Kruger could return to the lineup he was put back in his old 4th line center role and Danault was viewed as expendable. I think you have to go back about 10 years to find a Blackhawks 1st round pick that is still on the team after their rookie deal expires. Schmaltz, Jokiharju, Hartman, Teravienen, and Danault. Not saying all those trades are bad, but it's a trend that has hurt the team over the last decade.

[@imanz7681]

We are not worthy of the legendary Dutch Gretzky, he will be missed.

[@jonathancote9372]

I will miss when Michel Lacroix shouted in the bell center : le but des Canadiens compté par le numéro 22/Canadiens goal scored by number 22 DALE WEIIIIIIISE

[@Yomasi]

He's returned anyway, thank god

[@TheMCricket]

@@Yomasi unsigned UFA :(

[@Diminisherqc]

looking at this in the stanley cup finals with montreal with legendary defensive play by danault and im smiling.

[@Jakeonkuningas]

Whenever people ask how is Bergevin still employed by the Habs these types of deals are why.

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

Yeah but I’m glad he’s gone

[@MrWillcapone]

Diaz was signed by Pierre Gauthier. But it became Bergevin's best trade. Also Fleischman was a PTO that year. One more funny details about this deal. Weise was a Ranger but couldn't stand Tortorella. So the Rangers traded him to the Canucks. Shortly after, Tortorella gets to coach the Canucks. Well well well Dutch, here we meet again. And Weise got sent to Montreal. Only to play with Michel Therrien. Dude was hounded by bully coaches every city he went.

[@liberteidentitemodernite]

He thrived under Therrien, lol.

[@peterhatcher773]

This is one that could be updated. It would be interesting to see where this trade tree stands now.

[@pachidermo]

As a Habs fan, having this video drop *ON MY BIRTHDAY* is one of the best presents I could get! Thanks, Steve! You're right. It's an outstanding trade. I kind of like Bergevin's tenure in Montréal. He's a guy who got to do what few GMs get to do: fix a mess he caused. Usually, if you screw up, you're canned and go find a job elsewhere. And often times, the lessons you learned through your first time around, you get to apply them; it's why there are so many tales of "oh dang, why did we fire him then, he was so good for the other team!" He's certainly a controversial figure, but I think he's a lot smarter than he was at the beginning of his tenure, he has a vision and a plan, and after more than a few ho-hum years, I'm actually really excited about the Habs future!

[@jmanig76]

Hi other me :)

[@RomainLussier]

100% d'accord Jean-Luc!

[@jakubhanak41]

Montreal is the big winner there, but don't forget the Canucks, who sold an enforcer and got Adam Gaudette, who could be one of the league's best 3C this season and still has room to grow

[@trh6441]

Marc Bergevin is like a box of chocolate, You never know what you're gonna get

[@eloimireault8401]

Update : Gaudette was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for Matthew Highmore. Highmore played 64 games with the Canucks, having 17 points before he left and signed with the Blues. Romanov was packaged with a 4th round pick (Isaiah George) and sent to the New-York Islanders for the 13th overall pick (Frank Nazar) Montréal did not use the pick, they traded it to the Chicago Black Hawkes with a 3rd round pick (Gavin Hayes) for Kirby Dach !

[@nolanboyerdelagiroday265]

Now the Habs got Kirby Dach for Raphael Diaz!

[@MotterPotter]

Why Wiese never legally changed his name to Dutch Gretzky, I'll never know.

[@thstmax]

Little update of this trade tree is interesting now in 2022. Danault finally signed with LA, but Romanov was traded to allow the habs acquiring Kirby Dach, which is gonna be interesting to follow thi year!

[@LouisThomasBastien]

Never had a bigger smile watching one of steve's video as a mtl fan

[@Yomasi]

Same lol

[@genevieve4679]

Ok this was really good! as a habs fan, i now have enough emotional energy to go watch the scott gomez trade tree O_O

[@SlAyErSMaStErS]

The Alaskan Legend :^)

[@Olfuss]

Keep up your great work, Steve! I love the trade trees and all other videos you make! Bergevin as an Assistant GM in CHI was the one who wanted to draft Danault and they picked Mark McNeil at #18 before listenning to him and acquiring another 1st rounder to pick Phill. Then i guess the rest of the organization were not high on him so that's why Bergevin got him like that. He just loved the kid, i heard it in an interview.

[@TheShaggster37]

Wow love going back to these - Habs now have Kirby Dach because of this trade.

[@BenjaminH_48]

This trade looks even better now with how Romanov plays

[@waimankwan1788]

This trade tree requires an update. Especially, due to trades that occurred on July 7th, 2022. Would be interesting if this was revisited.

[@justinpatterson3550]

Title should have been "How signing Ralph Diaz gave the habs many suicde passes and the Danault"

[@pixelj4877]

The Diaz to Eller suicde pass is engrained in my memory as well..

[@user-wp9mb5yq5e]

@@pixelj4877 changed the entire post season :(

[@adrianstevens165]

Ellwr

[@joshspink118]

I would love to see the trade tree for when the blues rented Gretzky for like 2 months

[@TeamOT]

Dale Weise, Habs legend. ALSO, most importantly, you overlooked the fact that DANAULT WAS DRAFTED BY Bergevin when he was GM for the Hawks. He knew what he was doing.

[@joyreev4182]

as a habs fan, i love this! can't wait to see romanov in the show, he looks so good

[@hotsimdrum]

Even more interesting of a trade now after that playoffs run from the Canadiens. Danault proved to be a valuable asset on the face-off and in shutting down the best players of the league!

[@griffinbadr7429]

And now this got us Kirby dach

[@QRM00]

And now Kirby Dach and Frank Nazar are tied to this trade tree. It's kind of funny that the 2 teams connected in this trade tree twice with 4 different gms.

[@ericgirouard1481]

I don't recall the year, but when Montreal played Boston in the playoff, Weiss got under the skin of Milan Lucic (he was big and important for the Bruins at the time)...and Montreal eliminated the Bruins. Weiss is more than a goal scorer, he is a playoff performer (like Claude Lemieux). Great trade tree.

[@grahamdamberger7130]

It had to have been 2011. I think that's the only time in the past decade and some that they met in the playoffs

[@conorpower8689]

You should do the Jack Johnson tree. From Carolina (yes Carolina drafted him) to Los Angeles

[@LudwigBeefoven]

Let's remember that in the QJHML he was a left winger. Danault was taught to play as a center in the AHL. Quite a journey.

[@B4nks]

This hits even better now !

[@gabrielbenchimol6749]

Who's here after Romanov scored his first goal and already has a few points in the year

[@jetstream17]

Certainly not a tree I saw having a continuing branch, as Adam Gaudette got traded to Chicago for Matthew Highmore after this was posted

[@crazypants-zk4wg]

I’ve absolutely loved the Danault trade for a long time as a Habs fan. Who the heck hasn’t? It’s probably Bergevin’s 2nd best as Habs GM behind the Pacioretty deal.

[@delta927canadien-francais5]

Thanks for that, some fans jump on the MB hate train so fast sometimes man

[@castrodenavarrone]

Rightfully so. He should've started a rebuilt years ago, when Plekanec and Desharnais were at their peak value, instead he resigned them along with Emelin. They got cash strapped. Should've traded them, hope for a tank, draft high and he got the extra cash to OVERpay for a top 6 UFA or an offersheet to a RFA. Should've NEVER let Pacioretty become captain. Should've never bridged PK, that 9 mill cash stapped him again. Should've never traded Sergachev, should've never signed Alzner, should've resigned Radulov and should've traded Price instead of cash strapping AGAIN. It took him 7 yrs to realize that Center is where it starts, then it's the top 4 D. Anywhere else he would've been fired a long time ago.

[@prodICYN]

@@castrodenavarroneBro half of what you said could not be done haha😂 MB offered more to Radulov than the stars, PK was the Image of the canadiens along with price, they simply HAD to resign them, Sergachev.. meh, maybe, it ain't like drouin is a 3rd or 4th line winger, he's a 2nd scoring winger on a good contract, Emelin was never high in value, they easily got rid of his contract, paccioretty not being capitain maybe, but I mean he's gone now. MB started the rebuild when they started to get bad, are you seriously that much of an idiot that you would think they should've started a rebuild when they we're consistently a top 2 team in the atlantic, and a top 5 team in the east? and most importantly... NO BIG TIME UFA WANTS TO COME TO MONTREAL, NO ONE Brother did you seriously think he wasn't trying to get Tavares, Panarin, Pietrangelo, they all said no, tavares didn't even want to speak to MB. Marc bergevin has been one of the best and one of the most consistent Gm in the league for at least 3-4 years now, he's arguably done one meh-arguably bad trade which would be the sergachev one, the rest, he fleeced: -ARI (Domi) -Preds(Weber) -Hawks(Danault, romanov) -EDM(Petry) -VGK(didn't fleece them but Tatar, Suzuki, Norlinder) -CBJ (Anderson) -Jets (Armia) He also drafted well in general: -Primeau (7th round) -Romanov(2nd round) -Struble(2nd round) -Jordan Harris (3rd round I believe) -Caufield (15th overall) -Mysak (2nd round) -Guhle (16th overall, was really good in wjcs) -Mattias Norlinder (3rd round) KK is slowly becoming a really good player, with the potential of being one of the best 2nd line center in the league Poehling id a tough one, good pick, not a steal, but he's got potential

[@Silenceaverted]

I’m getting all these Montreal related trade tree videos recommended now like it was some big master plan by their GM for them to go on the run they’re currently on

[@CharlieMc23]

Habs fan here I’ve always loved dale Weise glad he came back

[@dougiec2]

Down a trade tree rabbit hole.... Come across this video to realize this trade tree is still going now with Kirby Dach.

[@ianstephenson9721]

And then they traded Romanov for a draft pick which they flipped for Kirby Dach. Excited to see Romanov on the island.

[@grahamdamberger7130]

Danault signed as a free agent this past offseason, so unless Montreal trades Romanov, which fans are hoping doesn't happen for at least the next 5 years, Montreal's branch of this trade tree is done. Gaudette was traded before the deadline this past season to those same Chicago Blackhawks who gave up on Danault, so Vancouver's branch continues on. Edit: This past draft, Romanov was traded to the Islanders so Montreal could acquire Kirby Dach from Chicago, which means Romanov's branch continues.

[@sethfraser5841]

Holy this is so much better then I thought

[@thomasrenovich807]

One of the games Diaz played for the Canucks was in the heritage classic against Ottawa

[@tiger5869]

This trade tree could definitely not be done yet

[@Manbearpig00003]

If MB sells high on Danault this year, my god.

[@LeviDocs]

@@Manbearpig00003 glad we didn’t do that cause apparently that wasn’t his high 💀

[@TheBlackWatchRHR]

I'd like to have it noted, that Danault has become one of the most solid face-off guys in the league.

[@Flyersfan28]

Vancouver and Montreal won their deals

[@benglennon6812]

Here's an idea of a tree that starts with a small, unassuming trade. Jeff Norton from Pit to SJS in 2001 for Johan Herdberg. It ended up getting the Pens Neal, thus Hornqvist and Spalding. Spalding was part of the Kessel trade, which turned to Galchenyuk then Zucker. Hornqvist was just sent to Florida for Matheson. A nice tie in is that Norton is also one of the D-men Mario is splitting in the statue outside of PPG

[@huggi2]

Adam Gaudette was a Big win for nucks

[@viteksvub5735]

Aaaaand it continues, with both Danault and Romanov…. Nice

[@johnduffy4921]

It’s wild looking back on this and that Romanov turned into a first that got traded for Kirby Dach. This trade tree could be refreshed

[@billsmyth5386]

Montreal has some pretty good defensemen coming up. Their future looks bright to say the least. But their biggest prospect was Caulfield but Romanov a close second. He isn't totally groomed yet but it takes a little more time for a defenseman to get his mojo.

[@jrgodin7221]

Great analysis, as usual....

[@SISON12]

Always loved Weise as a Canucks fan

[@Welhor]

So this trade got Montreal Danault and Dach for Weise and Fleishman. That’s a double fleece!

[@Hodag37]

The Canucks had such high hopes for Diaz. Also, the coaching staff hated/ didn't know how to use Weise

[@alexandrechaput1227]

Could you do the Craig Rivet from Montreal to San Jose trade tree. It might be the best trade from the Bob Gainey Era and the trade is still relevent to this day.

[@sam93931]

Bicep club strikes again!!

[@scooterelway9191]

i love those trade tree !

[@AlexLee198604]

Steve love the trade trees videos! I might have an idea for one. How about the trade that sent Teemu Selanne from the Winnipeg Jets to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

[@rentfreehockeypodcast7444]

"Most polarizing GMs in the National Hockey League" Laughes in Chiarelli

[@NicolaTiberio14]

Chiarelli is not polarizing, everyone agrees about him

[@rentfreehockeypodcast7444]

@@NicolaTiberio14 Touche

[@marzix427]

You can look around the league and find guys the Hawks had like Danault. They have drafted pretty decently for years(and undrafted sign-ees just not drafted stars to go with Kane and Toews except Panarin. Forsling, Hartman, Panarin, Strome, Debrincat, Saad, Schmaltz, Kubalik, Hagel, Leddy, Dach, Pirri, Tarevainan, Hinostroza, and Boqvist who are all still bouncing around the league. As a Hawks fan, I had Romanov on my fantasy team for hits and I picked him up again this year just yesterday. I hope he keeps hitting people.

[@michaeld6576]

Oh I'm loving it Romanov is gunna be a monster on the blue line

[@ITxWASxAxFISH111]

Your trade trees are the personification of the "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia" episode where charlie has the detective web

[@nicolasbegin7573]

I just understood that the trade tree still going on with Romanov Trade to get Dach x)

[@GamingRaptor16]

Please do the Guerin for Arnott trade. Pleeeease!!

[@fredbergeron2193]

Yeahhh that would be a good Trade tree

[@derekhird6586]

Linden was traded to the New York Islanders on February 6, 1998, in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan McCabe and the Islanders' third-round pick (used to select Jarkko Ruutu) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

[@ozma6918]

Aight pardon my ignorance here folks, but I've watched quite a few trade trees recently and something that comes up often with Steve is him mentioning about righthanded D's. And I just don't get it. Why would they be that much more valuable than lefthanded ones?

[@maxymilien84]

Like you said, Bergevin is polarizing but when you look at his trades with hindsight, he is one hell of a good sneaky GM. Of course he had a few bad ones but for the last 4 years, he was telling the fans he was working on a lasting bright future and he was right.

[@andrewcreyke7294]

Steve you need to update this now

[@rwl5581]

The tree continues. Montreal GM, Kent Hughes, traded Romanov, along with a 4th round pick in 2022, to the Islanders for their 1st round pick in 2022. He then took that 1st and added a 2nd round pick in 2022, and flipped those picks to Chicago for Kirby Dach.

[@TheHair26]

this trade tree gonna look even crazier in another couple years

[@williamhartnell1736]

There was a missed opportunity to talk about Adam gaudette kicking his wife at his wedding😂

[@canadianclay475]

The trade tree continued… gaudette trade for highmore (then highmore released and that side ends) Romanov traded for the 13th overall pick in 2022 and then immidietly traded the pick for Kirby Dach!

[@chrisstephen8605]

I love how this deal turned into Kirby Dach

[@nimkeemagiskan4493]

The romanov trade is still making this trade tree grow

[@drunkreapermatt]

alex romanov led to kirby dach... ouch

[@LivingWithSpinaBifida]

you guys should do the trade that happened for the Ottawa senators - trading away Patrick Lalime to St Louis and acquiring Dominic Hasek

[@101JuventusFan]

Please do the trade tree that sent Phil Esposito from the Bruins to the Rangers. That was the biggest trade in NHL history at that time

[@alexgiglio899]

Marian Gaborik trade tree Rangers to the Blue Jackets

[@tonydean44]

I second that

[@MafiaGuido]

Rick Nash trade tree. Marion Gaborik is tied to it. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone

[@TheRickRoller1]

And the funniest part is Bergevin is actually the guy who pushed to draft Danault back when he was with the Blackhawks.

[@denisdupuis4386]

And now… kirby dach

[@alanmurphy6373]

The trade tree has grown for the Canadians. While Danault walked. They Canadains ended up trading Romanov in a 3 way deal that landed them Dach!. This could be interesting

[@derekdemmans8698]

Anyone else remember Paul Maclean's comments about Diaz post game where he didn't know who Diaz was so he just kept calling him Player 61?

[@denisdupuis4386]

And now they got dack from this tree

[@erinbutler2892]

Always liked Weise, but MAN he got moved for some good stuff! (Oh, and trading players, especially at the deadline, _isn't_ tanking. Tanking is abandoning all hope before the season starts.)

[@MegaTowsif]

Can you mae the craig rivet trade is still going on. Maybe one of the best tree to make

[@TropicsHC]

Diaz 100% should still be in the nhl. He had a great run in MTL but then for some reason nobody else even gave him a fair shot. Hes a ppg player for Zug now in Switzerland & been the captain for the Swiss Olympics team for long time

[@damnwall]

I'm so scared that Berg is gonna get fired one day and win a cup like 3 years later. I'm like 95% sure that's what's going to happen.

[@bricklettuce1859]

Dude! You’ve gotta do the Cam Neely trade tree. The Canucks traded him to the Bruins in 1986 and it the Bruins side of it led to them getting players used to beat the Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup final.

[@StonedSpagooter]

This was 100% made just so habs fans feel included

[@timomajere]

Make a Trade tree about how Mark Recchi traded to Montreal for John leclair and eric Desjardin LITERALLY made Philadelphia's Legion of Doom line. Heck.. Make trade trees involving the 2 most traded individuals in NHL history. Mike Sillinger Brent Ashton.

[@jhope1923]

Romanov flipped to the Isles for a 2022 1st (Frank Nazar) - 1st Traded to the Blackhawks for Kirby Dach.

[@christophermerlot3366]

134K is an oddly specific number.

[@Manbearpig00003]

100k + Jersey Number (in thousands)

[@rentfreehockeypodcast7444]

I thought there would be more to talk about with Gaudette.. but..

[@adamjanks4966]

Do the Craig rivot tree!

[@flipe125]

Its the fact that dale weise came back for me lol

[@NStube24]

Video 1 of asking to do the Antoine Vermette Trade from Columbus to Phoenix.

[@owenhutchison4295]

I'm Glad MB made these Moves. I really like Danult.

[@astroboy7729]

Do the Luca Sbisa trade tree