Worst trades Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	New York Rangers acquire
Tom Pyatt Scott Gomez Michael Busto	June 30, 2009	Pavel Valentenko Ryan McDonagh Doug Janik Christopher Higgins

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Dallas Stars acquire
Janne Niinimaa 2007 5th round pick (#142-Andrew Conboy)	September 30, 2006	Mike Ribeiro 2008 6th round pick (#176-Matthew Tassone)

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire
cash 1971 1st round pick (#1-Guy Lafleur) Francois Lacombe	May 22, 1970	1970 1st round pick (#10-Chris Oddleifson) Ernie Hicke
Comment: This trade changed the history of hockey. Imagine if Lafleur wasn't part of the great 70s Canadiens teams, they would still have had an excellent roster, but would they have won as much?