The Montreal Canadiens swapped young left wingers with the Arizona Coyotes over the weekend. The Coyotes received former third overall pick Alex Galchenyuk and the Canadiens got Max Domi in return.
The Canadiens’ general manager, Marc Bergevin, has developed a recent reputation of making big trades, many of which haven’t sat well with Habs fans.
Canadiens fans took to Twitter over the weekend to voice their displeasure, some fans want Bergevin fired and some fans have a pretty good sense of humour about the trade.
Bergevin ships PK to Preds…Preds make Final
Bergevin trades Eller to Caps…Caps win Cup
Congrats to the 2018-19 Western Conference Champions, The Arizona Coyotes #Galchenyuk #Bergevin š¤¦āāļøā DJ (@DJohns04) June 16, 2018
Can’t wait for all the #habs fanboys to see the ‘positive’ in this trade.
This should be hilarious.Let me guess: Galchenyuk had ‘attitude’ problems’ – team is better off w/out him.
WORST GM in the NHL.
Yup.@GagnonFrancois @StuCowan1ā Bobby šØš¦ (@montrealdesign) June 16, 2018
Bergevin is just looking for chapters in his forthcoming book āArt of the Shitty Deal.ā #Galchenyuk #Domi
ā Therrien’s Ghost (@TherriensGhost) June 16, 2018
Live footage of the Coyotes making a trade with the #Habs. #domi #galchenyuk pic.twitter.com/8coXqp5WUQ
ā Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) June 16, 2018
I really hope #Subban called #Galchenyuk and told him that he is now finally freeeeee!!!!! #Habs
ā Nattt (@NatalieCarlino) June 16, 2018
Domi for Galchenyuk… Montreal what are you doing!?!? pic.twitter.com/UkA8OF9w4e
ā Captain Jack (@CaptainEichel15) June 16, 2018
tell me how you manage to trade subban, sergachev and galchenyuk in 3 CONSECUTIVE years and manage to keep your job. bergevinās made this team the laughing stock of the league, time to smarten up and get better management.
ā justin (@justinshoif46) June 16, 2018
How the hell did Bergevin manage to trade Subban, Sergachev, and Galchenyuk without getting a centre back? š
ā Erik (@pensyeg) June 16, 2018
Moments before Bergevin agreed to trade Alex Galchenyuk straight up for Max Domi pic.twitter.com/hKBdSxOaGV
ā Rasmus Dahlin SZN (@AllThingsSabres) June 16, 2018
Let’s put it straight for Bergevin. From trading Subban for Weber. From giving Alzner a 5 year deal. From giving Price 10.5M a year. From giving Andrew Shaw a 6 year deal. From trading Galchenyuk for Max Domi. Yup, he’s not my GM. Thank god. š
ā Steven Butera (@BACKSTROMONEY) June 16, 2018
No actually, itās really hard to understand.
number 1 team need: 1st line center
number 1 player asset to trade: Galchenyuk
anndddd Bergevin trades him for a middle 6 winger… https://t.co/1VgrFW2pb0
ā nhlmemecentral (@nhlmemecentral) June 16, 2018
Maybe Galchenyuk will be better at center than centre
ā go france š³š±š³š±š³š± (@pleaserdeleteme) June 16, 2018
Subban, Eller, Sergachev, Markov and now Galchenyuk are all gone. Marc Bergevin made his mark in this team and singlehandedly ruined this team and destroyed any further interest I had. What an absolute joke. Bergevin should be ashamed and #Habs fans should be embarrassed.
ā Patrick Tallon (@PatrickTallon81) June 16, 2018
Galchenyuk + Sergachev + Subban for Domi + Drouin + Weber doesn’t really look so great.
ā Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) June 16, 2018
If Alex Galchenyuk succeeds at C in Arizona, there will be a which hunt for Marc Bergevin in Montreal. Even more so then there is now.
ā Nik – #SHALIEVE š¦ (@NikkF07) June 16, 2018
Montreal @Canadiens traded #Galchenyuk for #Domi? š pic.twitter.com/LcNYHKZgoj
ā Virtual Lori (@MsLoriMtweets) June 16, 2018
What was montreal thinking? Not chirping, seriously want to know what the plan was with that trade? #nhl #Galchenyuk #domi
ā Brock Fraser (@brockfraze) June 16, 2018
This is “Rejean Houle” bad. #Habs #canadiens #galchenyuk #bergevin
ā Steve McCroskey (@TheGraceful_1) June 16, 2018
Don’t fall in love, folks. Never fall in love. #Galchenyuk
ā John (@TheEagleDares) June 16, 2018
With the NHL Entry Draft this weekend and the free agent market opening up the weekend after that, things are going to get a lot more interesting for the Habs this summer. Mr. Bergevin may want to stay off of social media for a while.