On June 15, 2017, the Lightning traded budding star wing Jonathan Drouin to the Canadiens for touted defense prospect Mikhail Sergachev. On the one-year anniversary of the blockbuster, The Athletic took a deep dive into how the deal impacted both franchises. Arpon Basu’s take on Jonathan Drouin is here.



TAMPA, Fla. — When a text message woke Mikhail Sergachev up from a nap on his family vacation in Cyprus a year ago today, he had no idea how much his life — his career — had just changed.



A fan alerted Sergachev, the touted Canadiens defense prospect, that he had been traded to the Lightning in the Jonathan Drouin blockbuster.



“I was like, ‘What?’” Sergachev said.



The same reaction echoed from Tampa Bay fans, who were stunned to see their rising star in Drouin get dealt for Sergachev, a 19-year-old Russian who had played in just four NHL games. Former NHL GM Craig Button, a TSN director of scouting, told...