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Marc Bergevin, the beleaguered general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, suggests there is much that we do not know about why he traded P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators.

Let’s hope so. Because that is the only way to understand the biggest strategic mistake since, say, Teddy Roosevelt refused to run for re-election as president in 1908. That haunted him.

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No, trading Subban will not change history. But it will change the Canadiens, and it will haunt them, too.

Two weeks after Bergevin sent Subban to Nashville for Shea Weber, we are no closer to understanding why. Why trade Subban, a franchise player, a superstar in his prime, a year into a long-term contract?

In a recent interview, Bergevin says the critics don’t know what was going on “behind the scenes.” People can have “an opinion” on the trade, but they’d only be “guessing.”

Fair enough. That neither Bergevin nor Subban has spoken speaks well of them. Bergevin isn’t trashing Subban and Subban isn’t trashing the club. Classy.