We must never forget how the Montreal Canadiens acquired Tomas Tatar. He was essentially a cap dump for the Vegas Golden Knights in order for them to be able to afford their contract extension on the incoming Max Pacioretty. Few could have predicted how much found money Tatar was actually worth when he was acquired.
He had a career year with 58 points over 80 games in 2018-19. He followed that up with yet another career year of 61 points in 2019-20, this time in just 68 games. With just eight points in 14 contests this year, he’s cooled off a bit, but is still producing at a better rate than you’d expect from a player whose previous team had to eat salary just to get rid of him.