The Montreal Canadiens won first Brett Berard from the New York Rangers in a defenseman swap William Trudeau.
Berard, 23, scored six goals and 16 assists for 22 points in 41 games with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack in 2025-26, as well as appearing in 13 NHL games with the Rangers.
A 25-goal scorer as a rookie with Hartford in 2023-24, Berard has compiled 40 goals and 53 assists for 93 points in 145 AHL games over his three seasons.
Selected by the Rangers in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Draft, Berard has played in 48 NHL games, tallying six goals and four assists.
Trudeau, 23, played 62 games for the AHL’s Laval Rocket in 2025-26, registering eight goals and 12 assists for 20 points.
In four AHL seasons with Laval, Trudeau has compiled 28 goals and 62 assists for 90 points in 260 regular season games, and three assists in 15 Calder Cup Playoff contests.
Trudeau was a fourth-round pick by Montreal in the 2021 NHL Draft.
