Max Pacioretty Joins Toronto Maple Leafs list of Ex-Habs

Max Pacioretty is not the first Montreal Canadiens star to join the Toronto Maple Leafs, here is a list of other notable names

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Shayne Corson

The Montreal Canadiens drafted Shayne Corson with the eight overall selection in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and within two seasons he was already playing games for them. The Barrie, Ontario native would spend his first six full seasons with the Canadiens even being named to the 1990 All-Star Game. A fan favourite due to his ability to get the crowd going with a bit hit, a timely goal or a fight he was traded in the summer of 1992 that landed them Vincent Damphousse.

Management must have listened to fans when they said they wanted him back as he was re-acquired at the start of the 1996-97 season. Unfortunately for their fans, Corson decided to come home to Toronto at his first opportunity when he became an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2000. Although his star days were behind him, Corson, played an effective agitator depth role on the Maple Leafs even collecting seven points in 19 games during the team's run to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2001.

Mathieu Schneider

If you want to know who the most underrated defenseman in the 1990s, it has to go to Mathieu Schneider who lacked appreciation even during his draft. The New York native was left unselected until the third round in 1987, but despite being the 44th overall pick he would get into four games with the Canadiens that season.

Schneider would remain with the Canadiens until 1995, collecting a 1993 Stanley Cup and 199-points in 360 games. He joined captain Muller in being shipped to Long Island as part of the blockbuster trade that landed Montreal Pierre Turgeon. Just over a year after joining the Islanders, Schneider would be part of another massive deal when he joined Wendel Clark on a flight to Toronto.

The offensive defenseman who once quarterbacked the Montreal Canadiens powerplay was now doing it in Toronto over parts of three seasons where he would collect 56-points in 115 games. He would eventually be too good for a rebuilding Maple Leafs team and was traded to the New York Rangers in 1998 for Alexander Karpovtsev.

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