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At the end of Wednesday’s practice at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard, Canadiens coach Claude Julien had a long on-ice chat with his No. 1 line of Phillip Danault, Brendan Gallagher and Tomas Tatar.

That line has been together since the start of last season and they will continue to play together for the rest of this season and probably beyond after GM Marc Bergevin decided not to move Tatar before Monday’s NHL trade deadline. Tatar has one more season after this left on his contract before he can become an unrestricted free agent.

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“It’s all strategic,” Julien said about Bergevin’s decision to keep Tatar around. “Everything Marc has done is strategic. There’s reasons for and, unfortunately, not everybody knows everything and, unfortunately, we can’t divulge everything. There’s conversations, there’s non-conversations, there’s reasons for different things. But, at the end of the day, it’s all strategic and that’s where the trust has to come into play and whether it’s from the fan base, from the players, etc.