Thomas Vanek traded to Canadiens for draft picks, prospect
Thomas Vanek will play for his third team this season in Montreal. (Getty Images)It came down to the wire but the New York Islanders found a new home for Thomas Vanek. The high-scoring winger is now a member of the Montreal Canadiens.
The Islanders have been working on dealing Vanek for a while but the market was reportedly only going down as the deadline approached. How low did it go? The return only costs Montreal second- and fifth-round draft picks (both conditional in 2014) and prospect Sebastien Collberg.
Talk about a letdown for the Islanders. At least it beats getting nothing at all in return for Vanek, but considering they gave up Matt Moulson and a first-round pick either this season or next to get Vanek, who is a very productive forward, that's a major letdown. In hindsight, the Islanders blew this one from start to finish.
Larry Brooks sums it all up pretty well. Not the greatest sequence of events the Islanders have ever had.
Turns out it was Moulson, 1st and 2d for 47 games of Vanek, a 2d and a prospect...Something ventured, nothing gained for the NYI.
- Larry Brooks (@NYP_Brooksie) March 5, 2014
For the Canadiens, how can you not absolutely love this deal? They've had trouble scoring this season and so they get an elite scorer for almost nothing for the remainder of this season? Talk about a coup. GM Marc Bergevin swooped in and landed one of the biggest fish available.
Instantly he becomes their leading scorer with 21 goals and 32 assists this season, not to mention he's a noted Bruins killer. The Canadiens just became a lot more interesting in the Northeast.
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