MONTREAL, QC - OCTOBER 10: Jesperi Kotkaniemi Montreal Canadiens Nick Suzuki (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Montreal Canadiens centre depth has been in question for years, no, make that decades. For a few years the Canadiens had Saku Koivu and Tomas Plekanec down the middle, but both would probably have been best suited as second line options.
Had a first line centre ever become available via trade, the Habs needed to be in the mix to try and acquire them. There were plenty of rumours over the years of their interest in signing Daniel Briere or trading for Vincent Lecavalier, but it never worked out.