{"id":42835,"date":"2019-03-02T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=42835"},"modified":"2019-10-30T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:00:53","slug":"montreal-canadiens-max-domi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/03\/02\/montreal-canadiens-max-domi\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Canadiens Max Domi Resurgence Since Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

When forward Max Domi<\/a><\/strong> was traded to the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> from the Arizona Coyotes<\/a> it was a new beginning.<\/p>\n

He hadn\u2019t played all that bad but yet he wasn\u2019t really progressing as an NHL player.<\/p>\n

Max Domi’s Time in Arizona<\/h1>\n

Domi was the 12th overall selection of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2013 NHL Entry draft. He scored 18 goals in his first season in Arizona. That was due partly to his on and off ice chemistry with fellow rookie Anthony Duclair<\/a><\/strong>, who scored 20 times himself.<\/p>\n

The pair of players just had that kind of chemistry where each player knew where the other would be. They had an innate sense about them that resulted in some pretty goals.<\/p>\n

The duo was dubbed \u201cthe killer D\u2019s\u201d<\/em> and were immediate fan favourites. They were such good friends that they roomed together. That is until it was discovered that Duclair was allergic to Domi\u2019s diabetes service dog, Orion.<\/p>\n

That meant Duclair had to find different living quarters and it seemed the two just drifted apart after that.<\/p>\n

On January 10, 2018, Duclair was traded to Chicago by Arizona with\u00a0Adam Clendening<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0Richard Panik<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong>Laurent Dauphin<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Max Domi Became a Montreal Canadien<\/h2>\n

By June 15th that same year Domi was headed to Montreal in a blockbuster trade<\/a> sending forward Alex Galchenyuk<\/a><\/strong> to the desert. To many, it was a surprise one-for-one trade and as it has turned out both teams have benefited from the change of scenery for each player.<\/p>\n

Of course, it seems like the Canadiens have benefited more because of Domi currently leading his team with 22 goals, 37 assists in 64 games. He has already exceeded his best season in Arizona which was during the 2015-16 season when he collected 18 goals and 34 assists in 81 games.<\/p>\n

He had only scored nine goals during each of the last two seasons in Arizona. He’s still one tough customer with 78 penalty minutes exceeding the 73 minutes he had in 2017-18.<\/p>\n

He is fearless<\/a> even with his rather small size coming in at 5’10”, 193lbs. After all his Dad is Tie Domi<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n