So early Monday morning Pacioretty was traded to Vegas for OHL scorer Nick Suzuki, failed experimental acquisition Tomas Tatar, and a second-round pick. Vegas lost in the Cup final in its first season and replaces James Neal with Pacioretty, and the Habs got a young player and a pick. Vegas immediately signed Pacioretty to a reasonable four-year, $28-million U.S. deal. The Canadiens didn’t go far despite a bushel of goals from captain Max Pacioretty and all-world goaltending by Carey Price, when healthy. “We all have a different definition of the word … I’m not ready to use that word because it would mean we’re changing everything and starting at zero, and I’m not doing that.

Source: thestar September 10, 2018 22:18 UTC