[Rumour] Bergevin shopping Pacioretty

[Mr. Guru]

I find it's the opposite. Centres aren't that hard to acquire.

Here's a list of top-six centres, not including rentals, that have been dealt since MB became GM: Ribeiro, J. Staal, Foligno, Dubinsky, Brassard, Forsberg, Seguin, Niederreiter, Vermette, Spezza, Kesler, Ryan Johansen, Palmieri, O’Reilly, Brassard (again), Zibanejad, Stepan, Schenn, Turris, Duchene, Henrique. I'm probably missing some in there.

Some guys aren’t real centres (Foligno doesn’t take faceoffs) and some we had no chance (Seguin, Staal). And some we didn’t want (Ribeiro). But that's a pretty good list. And that's just trades. That doesn't include any centres that may have made it to free agency.

Guys like Forsberg, Niederreiter, O'Reilly and Schenn went for pretty cheap.

You make a solid point but I disagree with centers not being hard to get. #1 centers are very very hard to get. Take that from Leafs fan who's been looking for a #1 center since Sundin left. We got 'lucky' as we won the lottery to now have Matthews. #1 centers are extremely hard to find. #1 dman even harder I'd argue

[The Black Panther]

Reminds me of a guy in my league that put Benn on the block looking for a scoring winger. I sent him a message asking if Benn was not a scoring winger and perhaps he could trade Benn for Benn to himself. They need to fire Bergevin before he blows any more holes in this team.

I totally agree. In fact I don't think he should be the one making this deal or even have a hand in fixing this mess.

[Jouko-Pouko]

Grant McCagg, founder of Habs365, brought up the idea of trading Pacioretty to Calgary in return for Sam Bennett. Any Calgary fans here willing to comment if they'd be happy if that happened?

[Axeman33]

Grant McCagg, founder of Habs365, brought up the idea of trading Pacioretty to Calgary in return for Sam Bennett. Any Calgary fans here willing to comment if they'd be happy if that happened?

I cant imagine too many Habs fans liking it but then again, I dont Habs fans are going to like any trade involved with Pacioretty if it happens. He wont bring back anything near what they want.

[tweetdrivr]

Bergevin has called a press conf for 5:15 EST this evening....

[hockeyrobot]

Bergevin has called a press conf for 5:15 EST this evening....

Woah....

[Wonko]

Yikes. Now I am a bit nervous

[The Black Panther]

This is exactly why Bergeron shouldn't be making any moves.
My rumour is he's stepping down.

[Wonko]

My rumour is he's stepping down.

Fingers crossed.

[reggiebarnes]

It’s a simple media session, not an annoucnement

[Ingolo]

It’s a simple media session, not an annoucnement

Don't rain on our parade, man. As a Bruins fan it hurts to watch a team with a worse GM than Sweeney, even if they are our rivals

[Axeman33]

It’s a simple media session, not an annoucnement

So basically a chance for reporters to ask questions he wont answer? Makes sense.

[JHouly]

Bergevin should have been fire the day he traded Subban...

[lucafen4]

Bergevin should have been fire the day he traded Subban...

not the day he gave PK $9 million per season?

[rataylor22]

not the day he gave PK $9 million per season?

Or the day he made him take a bridge contract?