Friday night, the Montreal Canadiens traded forward (center? wing?) Alex Galchenyuk to the Arizona Coyotes for winger Max Domi. It was the third consecutive year Habs general manager Marc Bergevin had made this type of trade, more commonly referred to as a one-for-one;a year ago to the day, he traded prospect Mikhail Sergachev to the Lightning for Jonathan Drouin, and in late June 2016, he made the biggest deal, P.K. Subban to the Predators for Shea Weber. But back to , in which the Canadiens traded a Tony Granato Jersey 24-year-old forward who’s under team control for two more seasons and has a track record of scoring goals, for a 23-year-old to whom Montreal instantly gave a two-year contract extension and does not have a track record Jack Thompson Jersey for scoring. Bergevin is . Galchenyuk, who is just 13 months older than Domi, has six years of NHL experience. He broke into the NHL at 18 and scored 30 goals for Montreal at 22. Here’s the list of 22-or-younger players to score 30 goals in a season this century: . But one of the problems Montreal had with Galchenyuk (as the team defined it)was figuring out whether he was a wing or a center. For years, Montreal has lacked a bona fide No. 1 center. It attempted to addre s that need in acquiring Drouinand moving him back to pivot where he played his junior hockey, but not very much in the NHL but that has yet to work out. GALCHENYUK-DOMI TRADE GRADES: Fast-forward to the trade late Friday evening, with the Canadiens dealing away Galchenyuk and, oh, look, Arizona po sibly trying him down the middle again. Chayka on Galchenyuk: Hes has succe s playing the center position. … I dont think wed make this trade if we didnt think he had the ability to play center. Stephen Whyno (@SWhyno) “That’s what I want. I’m excited about it.” – Alex Brandon Coe Jersey Galchenyuk on playing centre in Arizona. rpon Basu (@ArponBasu) Galchenyuk scored 19 goals in the2017-18 season, and he did so while scoring on a career-low 8.9percent of his shots (his shooting percentage was nearly half the 16.3 he shot the season prior) Danil Gushchin Jersey . Of the 1,000minutesGalchenyuk played this season at 5-on-5, more than half of them were spent with Drouin, more than any other teammate, who was attempting to make that position shift. There were clear chemistry i sues, and a chunk of Galchenyuk’s scoring (nine goals) came on the power play. Bergevin told the media way back in September 2017, prior to the start of the season, that Galchenyuk would be on the wing and Drouin at center while in the same breath . NHL RUMOR ROUNDUP: It remains to be seen if the Canadiens will cut bait on Drouin as a center and move him back to the wing. The 23-year-old forward, who was coming off a dominant 2016Stanley Cup playoff run for Tampa Bay (five goals and 14 points in 17 games), put up one of his worst offensive seasons in the NHL in his first year with the Canadiens(13 goals and 33 points in 77 games). Have no fear, though, because the acquisition of Domi will only bring with it more ambiguity with respect to the wing/center debate. GM Marc Bergevin says Max Domi can play centre but hes looking at him as a winger Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) Montreal also holds , where itcould select Boston University forward Brady Tkachuk Mackenzie Blackwood Jersey who, of course, has spent time playing both wing and center.