Earlier today, the Maple Leafs acquired centre Tomas Plekanec from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Kerby Rychel, Rinat Vailev, and Toronto’s 2018 2nd round pick. AHL Defenceman Kyle Baun was also in the deal, and you can read about this here.
The @MapleLeafs announced that the hockey club has acquired forwards Tomas Plekanec and Kyle Baun from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Rinat Valiev, Kerby Rychel and Toronto’s second round draft pick in 2018.
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) February 25, 2018
As a former Habs fan, I have probably watched Plekanec play close to 500 times, and it’s going to be awfully weird to watch him play in a Leafs jersey.