Canadiens acquire Drouin from Lightning for Sergachev, 2nd-rounder
Marc Bergevin made yet another massive splash.
The Montreal Canadiens acquired forward Jonathan Drouin and a conditional 2018 sixth-round pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a conditional second-round pick in 2018, the team announced Thursday.
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TSN's Pierre LeBrun clarified the conditions here:
If Sergachev doesn't play 40 games for the Bolts next season, then the picks are exchanged
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 15, 2017
Sergachev was one of the Canadiens' top prospects, drafted ninth overall by the club in 2016. The 18-year-old blue-liner spent the season with the OHL's Windsor Spitfires, notching 43 points in 50 games en route to winning the Memorial Cup.
Drouin, 22, is coming off his best NHL season, recording 21 goals and 32 assists for the Lightning. He grew into a more prominent role in the absence of Steven Stamkos, and consistently displayed his offensive flair as one of the most dynamic playmakers in the game.
However, Drouin is a restricted free agent, along with teammates Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat, and Tampa Bay general manager Steve Yzerman needed to make a choice, or risk losing one of them for nothing in the expansion draft.