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JurassicPuck · 02-25-2021, 03:03 AM

MONTREAL GAZETTE

Former Rival Cam Neely is the newest member of the Montreal Canadiens

Zach Martineau
January 4th, 1996
The Montreal Canadiens have made a huge splash as they acquire four time all star Cam Neely from the Boston Bruins. The full trade is as follows

To Montreal
Cam Neely RW
Hal Gill D

To Boston
Yves Racine D
Oleg Petrov RW
1996 3rd Round Pick
1996 4th Round Pick

Heading to Boston is two players and two draft picks. Yves Racine recently found himself no longer a regular in the lineup after Martin became coach and he had been a healthy scratch for a few weeks now. Oleg Petrov has been with the Canadiens since he was drafted in 1991 and was apart of the 1993 Cup winners. The Russian 24 year old was playing 4th line minutes and just becoming an NHL regular after 3 years of partial seasons. While the Bruins may value the picks for the upcoming draft it's not a whole lot of value considering they are getting someone who just a year ago was a point a game player and scored 27 goals in 42 games. Neely has had a very, very rough year as he has scored just 8 goals and 12 points through 34 games. What GM/Coach Martin is hoping for is that he needed a new change of scenery after 9 and a half seasons in Boston. The former 9th overall pick will be given ever chance to succeed in Montreal and will be free to play his game which is scoring goals. He's even been able to stay away from the injuries this season which have effected him for most of his career. And let's not forget the Habs also got 6'7, 20 year old defenseman Hal Gill. The monster defenseman was drafted in the 1993 Draft in the 8th round. He's taken big strides since his draft year and projects as a future shutdown defenseman. The deal was completed after the Canadiens lost to the Rangers 4-3 where they again were outshot 34 to 25. They will play the Blueshirts again tomorrow where Neely will make his debut as a Canadien. Cam Neely will wear the number 88 on his Jersey after Mark Recchi offered his #8 number but Neely declined. Montreal also plays the Bruins later this month where Neely will have the chance to play his former team. Here are the projected lines for the game tomorrow

Forwards
Damphousse - P.Turgeon - Recchi
Keane - Koivu - Neely
Brunet - Tucker - Makarov
Savage - Madden - McCarty

Defense
Malakhov - Brisebois
Daigneault - Rafalski
Quintal - Svehla

Goalies
Roy
Theodore

02-25-2021, 03:03 AM	#15
JurassicPuck Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 21	Trade Alert MONTREAL GAZETTE Former Rival Cam Neely is the newest member of the Montreal Canadiens Zach Martineau January 4th, 1996 The Montreal Canadiens have made a huge splash as they acquire four time all star Cam Neely from the Boston Bruins. The full trade is as follows To Montreal Cam Neely RW Hal Gill D To Boston Yves Racine D Oleg Petrov RW 1996 3rd Round Pick 1996 4th Round Pick Heading to Boston is two players and two draft picks. Yves Racine recently found himself no longer a regular in the lineup after Martin became coach and he had been a healthy scratch for a few weeks now. Oleg Petrov has been with the Canadiens since he was drafted in 1991 and was apart of the 1993 Cup winners. The Russian 24 year old was playing 4th line minutes and just becoming an NHL regular after 3 years of partial seasons. While the Bruins may value the picks for the upcoming draft it's not a whole lot of value considering they are getting someone who just a year ago was a point a game player and scored 27 goals in 42 games. Neely has had a very, very rough year as he has scored just 8 goals and 12 points through 34 games. What GM/Coach Martin is hoping for is that he needed a new change of scenery after 9 and a half seasons in Boston. The former 9th overall pick will be given ever chance to succeed in Montreal and will be free to play his game which is scoring goals. He's even been able to stay away from the injuries this season which have effected him for most of his career. And let's not forget the Habs also got 6'7, 20 year old defenseman Hal Gill. The monster defenseman was drafted in the 1993 Draft in the 8th round. He's taken big strides since his draft year and projects as a future shutdown defenseman. The deal was completed after the Canadiens lost to the Rangers 4-3 where they again were outshot 34 to 25. They will play the Blueshirts again tomorrow where Neely will make his debut as a Canadien. Cam Neely will wear the number 88 on his Jersey after Mark Recchi offered his #8 number but Neely declined. Montreal also plays the Bruins later this month where Neely will have the chance to play his former team. Here are the projected lines for the game tomorrow Forwards Damphousse - P.Turgeon - Recchi Keane - Koivu - Neely Brunet - Tucker - Makarov Savage - Madden - McCarty Defense Malakhov - Brisebois Daigneault - Rafalski Quintal - Svehla Goalies Roy Theodore Last edited by JurassicPuck; 02-25-2021 at 03:06 AM.