Should The Habs Trade for Anthony Mantha?

The Montreal Canadiens coming out of a season where they were the worst team in the NHL and are currently ranked second last in the Eastern Conference in offensive production this season. Known for their diminutive forwards who lack strength and seem to be born everywhere but La Belle Province, is it time the Montreal Canadiens acquire a big strong home grown forward? At six feet five inches and 235 lbs, Longueuil Quebec native Anthony Mantha, was a two-time 50 goal scorer in the Q. A former first round draft pick, Mantha has not been given the ice time needed to put up the goals and points he potentially can the past few years. Let’s face it, Ovechkin is the goal scoring star of the Washington Capitals and with Backstrom and Tom Wilson (a players Capitals’ management picked over Anthony Mantha in the 2013 NHL draft) back from IR, Mantha has been relegated to the press box as a healthy scratch for quite a few games this season. At 28 years old, he has quite a few years left in his game and could be a good fit with some of the speedy playmakers for the Montreal Canadiens. With Cole Caufield gone for the season, they have no natural goal scorers and need a big body to bang pucks in the net. With trading chips or assets like Christian Dvorak, Joel Edmundson and Josh Anderson, it seems like a no brainer to bring the Grandson of former Montreal Canadiens player Andre Pronovost back home to the team he was born and bred to play for. It is his destiny. The last time the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup 30 years ago, the majority of the team was Quebec born. He could be an important player to win the Stanley sooner rather than later. Below is a link of Anthony Mantha’s first goal in the NHL, scoring it in non other than in Montreal: