Montreal Canadiens 1970-71

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	St. Louis Blues acquire
1971 2nd round pick (#24-Michel Deguise)	January 28, 1971	Fran Huck

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Los Angeles Kings acquire
Ray Fortin Gord Labossiere 1973 2nd round pick (#22-Peter Marrin)	January 26, 1971	Ralph Backstrom

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Minnesota North Stars acquire
Rey Comeau	January 26, 1971	Gord Labossiere

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Detroit Red Wings acquire
Frank Mahovlich	January 13, 1971	Guy Charron Bill Collins Mickey Redmond

Toronto Maple Leafs acquire	Date	Montreal Canadiens acquire
cash	December 23, 1970	Terry Clancy

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	St. Louis Blues acquire
cash	December 11, 1970	Michel Plasse

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Vancouver Canucks acquire
Germain Gagnon	November 3, 1970	cash

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Los Angeles Kings acquire
cash	October 8, 1970	Bob Berry

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Pittsburgh Penguins acquire
cash	October 2, 1970	Robin Burns

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Minnesota North Stars acquire
cash	August 1, 1970	Bob McCord
Comment: Exact date unknown

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	St. Louis Blues acquire
cash	June 10, 1970	Lyle Carter

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	St. Louis Blues acquire
cash	June 10, 1970	Murray Flegel

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Minnesota North Stars acquire
Claude D. Larose	June 10, 1970	Bobby Rousseau

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Minnesota North Stars acquire
cash	June 9, 1970	Norm Beaudin

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	St. Louis Blues acquire
cash	May 22, 1970	Christian Bordeleau

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Los Angeles Kings acquire
Gregg Boddy Leon Rochefort Wayne Thomas	May 22, 1970	Lucien Grenier Larry Mickey Jack Norris

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Minnesota North Stars acquire
player to be named later (Bill Collins)	May 22, 1970	Jude Drouin

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire
cash	May 22, 1970	Dennis Hextall

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?