The Montreal Canadiens made a trade a year ago that was not well received by their fans. At least not immediately. They sent Alex Galchenyuk to the Arizona Coyotes for Max Domi. Domi was coming off his second consecutive nine goal season, while Galchenyuk had shown the ability to score 30 goals.
We heard more in the ensuing weeks about how many empty net goals Domi had scored in 2017-18 than his potential to be a goal scorer in 2018-19. It did not take long for Domi to prove any doubters wrong, as he repeatedly claimed a trade to a hockey-mad city like Montreal would bring out the best in him.