GAUTHIER’S DEALS AS CANADIENS GM

Pierre Gauthier took over as GM of the Canadiens on Feb. 8, 2010. Here is a list of the key transactions made under his watch: Feb. 11, 2010: Trades a second-round draft pick in 2011 to the Florida Panthers for centre Dominic Moore. March 2, 2010: Trades winger Matt D’agostini to the St. Louis Blues for winger Aaron Palushaj. June 17, 2010: Trades goaltender Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues for centre Lars Eller and winger Ian Schultz. June 23, 2010: Re-signs pending UFA Tomas Plekanec to a six-year, $30-million contract. June 29, 2010: Trades winger Sergei Kostitsyn to the Nashville Predators for centre Dustin Boyd and goaltender Dan Ellis, both pending unrestricted free agents. Nov. 11, 2010: Trades defenceman Ryan O’byrne to the Colorado Avalanche for centre Michael Bournival. Dec. 28, 2010: Acquires

defenceman James Wisniewski from the New York Islanders for a second-round round draft pick in 2011 and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2011.

Dec. 31, 2010: Trades forward Maxim Lapierre to the Anaheim Ducks for defenceman Brett Festerling and a fifthround pick.

Feb. 17, 2011: Acquires defenceman Paul Mara from the Anaheim Ducks for fifthround pick in 2012.

Feb. 24, 2011: Acquires defenceman Brent Sopel and forward Nigel Dawes from the Atlanta Thrashers for forward Ben Maxwell and fourth-round pick in 2011.

Feb. 28, 2011: Trades defenceman Brett Festerling to the Atlanta Thrashers for goalie Drew Macintyre.

May 13, 2011: Signs Swiss defenceman Raphael Diaz to a one-year, $900,000 deal.

June 23, 2011: Re-signs defenceman Andrei Markov to a three-year, $17.25-million deal.

June 29, 2011: Trades nego- tiating rights for defenceman James Wisniewski to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a fifth-round pick in 2012. July 1, 2011: Signs free-agent winger Erik Cole to a four-year, $18-million deal. Sept. 26, 2011: Signs freeagent defenceman Chris Campoli to a one-year, $1.75-million deal. Dec. 9, 2011: Acquires defenceman Tomas Kaberle from the Carolina Hurricanes for defenceman Jaroslav Spacek. Jan. 12, 2012: Trades winger Michael Cammalleri to the Calgary Flames for winger Rene Bourque. Feb. 17, 2012: Acquires centre Blake Geoffrion and a secondround draft pick from Nashville for defenceman Hal Gill and a conditional fifth-round pick. Feb. 27, 2012: Trades forward Andrei Kostitsyn to Nashville for a 2013 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2013 fifth-round draft pick.