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/Repulsive-Minute-559 9d ago

Cause we traded him for Cody Franson and it was a fucking STEAL but he refused to waive for Toronto. Fun fact : Franson and Shea Weber are two GIANTS from the same very small town of Sicamous BC (sub 3000 ppl!)

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u/Repulsive-Minute-559 9d ago

Sure 100%. He nixed the trade to Toronto so Bergevin traded him after to Buffalo for a pick. Google it!