Amir Basu: Dennis Bernstein was on TSN 690 and said that Canadiens had agreed on a six-year contract, $48 million contract extension with Pacioretty but the discussions fell apart, and they were going to trade him to the LA Kings but that deal hadn’t been finalized.
Dennis Bernstein: (clarifying comments) “Intention was to sign Pacioretty to extension and then trade. As we’ve said consistently, no team was ever granted permission to talk to former or current agent at that time. At some point, things broke down.”
Marc Antoine Godin of The Athletic: It may have been in the Canadiens best interest to trade Max Pacioretty, but it’s looking like GM Marc Bergevin isn’t the trade value for Pacrioetty that he had hoped.