But they only kept him a season and a quarter.
Receiving 2 players who played a combined 1000+ games in exchange for 2 players who have played less than 200 between them, there is no contest. MTL - NHL Hard-nosed D who will drop the mitts and are decent with the puck are always valuable. Having said all this, it's fairly easy to pick the Montreal Canadiens as the winner of the Craig Rivet trade. The now captain of the team is also the face of the team's offense, with 5 consecutive 30 goal seasons (not counting the lockout-shortened season). Playing in 565 games with the Canadiens, and amassing a total of 412 points in that time, it's fairly obvious he is what really changed the team's future. The 2007 1st round pick, 22nd overall, turned into Max Pacioretty. Now for the interesting portion of the package coming to Montreal. Shaw is still with the Canadiens today, having played 71 games with them since his arrival. This pick was used in a trade to help acquire Andrew Shaw from the Blackhawks. However in the 2014 off season, the Canadiens then traded him to the Buffalo Sabers for a 2016 2nd round pick. Going to Montreal, was Josh Gorges, a young defenceman who played 464 games with the Canadiens gathering 88 points total. Needless to say, the trade did not fare well for the San Jose Sharks, with their fruits of the trade amassing 188 total NHL games.
CRAIG RIVET CRACKED
This pick was then traded to the Carolina Hurricanes for Niclas Wallin (97 game with San Jose, 8 points) and a 2010 5th round pick which turned into Cody Ferriero (never cracked the NHL, spent most of his professional career in the ECHL). No not that Boychuk either) for a 2009 2nd round pick, which turned into William Wrenn (never played an NHL game), and a 2010 2nd round pick. Starting with the San Jose Sharks, Rivet played a measly 91 games in 2 seasons with the Sharks scoring 43 points before being traded to the Sabers along with a 7th round pick that turned into Riley Boychuk (no, not that Boychuk. While none would consider this a blockbuster trade, even for it's time, it still made a significant impact on one of the teams involved even to this day.
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