The Canadian was preparing to enter the second half of what had been a disastrous season.
He was 17-20-4 in the first half of the campaign, and general manager Marc Bergevin would go into that first half of 2017-18 before a home clash against the Vancouver Canucks in a rare Sunday night game. .
It was on that day, January 7, 2018, that Bergevin first uttered the word that would define the Canadiens’ next three years.
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