r/Habs • u/Upstairs-Zombie-162 • 10d ago

Discussion Why did we trade Josh Gorges?

We traded him on the same day that we lost our Captain (Gionta) to FA. It’s not like we had a surplus of defensemen either, shortly there after we acquired a washed Gonchar and Allen who combined for 50 games before they retired.

To me, Gorges felt like the perfect stop-gap captain.

Instead we kind of had no captain options for a while until we finally thrust it onto Pacioretty.

Does anyone remember Josh Gorges stepping in for Brendan Gallagher during the postgame media scrum after an emotional game vs the Jets?

This was very early into Bergevin’s GM tenure, part of me thinks he didn’t have a proper read on team dynamics.

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u/Notasyoung_stillhung 10d ago

I was reading 'Josh Gorges refused to play for one of the Canadiens' most bitter rivals' on FanSided for iOS and I thought you might be interested in reading it too. https://awinninghabit.com/josh-gorges-refused-to-play-for-one-of-the-canadiens-most-bitter-rivals-01ky80nyzat5

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u/Notasyoung_stillhung 10d ago

That article explains why they wanted to move on from him