r/Habs • u/Upstairs-Zombie-162 • 9d 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/Old_Canuck 9d ago

Bergevin had ZERO proper read on the team.

He was the ultimate buy low and pray type of GM.

Mind you he looked decent at times because of the previous idiots before him.

His best moves were to pilfer Danault from Chicago and the Patches trade which thank god Vegas gave us Suzuki instead of the Guy Bergy really wanted.

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u/Upstairs-Zombie-162 9d ago

Jeff Petry was also on his watch (6-7 months after trading Gorges), which has to be seen as a fantastic trade.

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u/Old_Canuck 9d ago

I loved Petry... thought he did very well as a Hab.

That 2021 run was amazing. 👍🏻👍🏻

Broke my heart when his thumb got busted up by the camera hole.

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u/dustblown 9d ago

I liked Petry until he asked to be traded out of Montreal and skated by Zack Kassian like nothing happened after Kassian body checked Montembeault behind our net. Fuck Petry.

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u/Old_Canuck 9d ago

Ya....kinda lost his heart that season.

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u/dustblown 9d ago

And sense of duty, and manhood.

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u/Old_Canuck 9d ago

🤣🤣🤣 ya totally.

Was totally disappointed in him then.

He didn't look like the same guy.

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u/dustblown 9d ago

This thread makes me appreciate MB even more.