When I saw Shea Weber wave to an empty Bell Centre before his video tribute celebrating his 1000th game on Tuesday, my mind went back to the beginning of his time in Montreal. No not the trade itself, but the first time he stepped out on the Bell Centre ice.
I remember writing at the time that so much of the attention after the trade was on the player the Canadiens traded away, it was on the general manager who made the trade, but very often not about the player Montreal acquired.