Failed Trade Between Canadiens and Predators Leaks Publicly

The Montreal Canadiens and Nashville Predators were reportedly close to making a deal with one another at the Trade Deadline for an unnamed player, as shown in the 2nd episode of the new season of The Rebuild: Inside the Montreal Canadiens.

The Nashville Predators were among the highest spending teams last summer last summer, signing Jonathan Marchessault, Steven Stamkos, and Brady Sjkei to new contracts that they anticipated would make them a legitimate Stanley Cup threat.

Instead, the Predators suffered through an embarrassing year that resulted in them missing the playoffs and being left to face multiple unsolved questions as to why things went so wrong.

They traded players like Tommy Novak, Gustav Nyquist, Luke Schenn, and Mark Jankowski at the Trade Deadline, but how close were they to a deal with the Montreal Canadiens?

Speculation Swirls Over Which Predator Montreal Targeted

It wasn't made specifically clear which Predators player that general managers Barry Trotz and Kent Hughes discussed, but it's possible that it could have been any one of the aforementioned names that were sent away from Nashville.