Phillip Danault should be a candidate for the Selke Trophy

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesIn Febuary of 2016, the Montreal Canadiens were in a rough spot. The team wasn’t playing well and were without star goaltender Carey Price. The team eventually finished in a lottery position, drafting Mikhail Sergachev ninth overall in that draft, but seeing the season headed for failure as the trade deadline approached, Marc Bergevin made a move with the future in mind.

That move was sending playoff cult hero Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann to the Chicago Blackhawks for Phillip Danault and a second-round pick. At the time, the biggest name in the trade was Weise, whose timely, albeit unsustainable, play had endeared him to the Canadiens fanbase, especially…