“Jonathan Marchessault could have joined the Canadiens if the club had wanted him to.”

About 18 months ago, the Canadiens and Jonathan Marchessault talked about the possibility of him coming to town.
As everyone knows, it didn’t work out. The Québécois followed Steven Stamkos and Brady Skjei to Nashville to play for a club that was then on the rise.
Things change quickly, don’t they?
All this to say that, at the moment, the Québécois’ contract of $5.5 million per year until 2029 seems to be a reason why the Preds can’t easily tra