DALLAS – The NHL draft week came and went and Max Pacioretty remains a member of the Montreal Canadiens.



Not from a lack of conversations GM Marc Bergevin had with other teams, mind you, but the likely trade of the Canadiens captain will have to wait.



The Los Angeles Kings had talks with the Habs earlier in the week and while neither team want to confirm it, my sense is that a potential trade was possible but the Kings couldn’t agree to a contract extension with Pacioretty, who is UFA a year from now. Although that’s not to say the Kings and Habs had all the elements worked out either in a trade because I don’t think they did. But they had those conversations.



Then on Saturday, we found out Pacioretty had switched agents, leaving Pat Brisson for Allan Walsh, which the latter made official on his Twitter account.



One thing is for sure, Pacioretty has been underpaid for the last five years at $4.5 million per season and as a...