Tomas Plekanec’s time with the Habs has come to an end. Montreal shipped him along with minor league winger Kyle Baun to Toronto on Sunday morning in exchange for Toronto’s second-round pick in 2018, prospect blueliner Rinav Valiev, and winger Kerby Rychel.

The Habs, led by Antti Niemi, put forth a very strong effort on Saturday night but it wasn’t enough to beat the Lightning who prevailed 4-3 in a shootout.

While some are hoping for an active trade deadline from the Habs, expect it to be a pretty quiet day in Montreal.

The final instalment of our 2018 Trade Odds series takes a closer look at Montreal’s forwards. While some notables have been tossed out in speculation, what is the likelihood that they actually will be dealt?

Victor Mete played a bigger role and Noah Juulsen made his NHL debut on Thursday night. The Habs put forth one of their better efforts as of late, beating the Rangers 3-1 to snap their six-game slide

Several teams have issued letters to their fans lately but although it would help towards smoothing things over, don’t expect the Habs to follow suit.

The Canadiens made a move on their back end on Wednesday, dealing defenceman Jakub Jerabek to the Washington Capitals for a 2019 5th Round Draft Pick.

Despite playing a solid road game, the Habs continued their losing ways on Tuesday night, this time dropping a 3-2 overtime decision to the Flyers.

Next up in our 2018 Trade Odds series is Montreal’s goaltending and defence, spots where we could see some changes made before the February 26th trade deadline.

Nicolas Deslauriers will be sticking around with the Habs for a little while yet as he has signed a two-year extension with a cap hit of $950,000.