The Canadiens got Dobson after he'd signed an eight-year contract extension worth $9.5 million annually with the Islanders Friday. New York got forward Emil Heineman and both of the Canadiens' 2025 first-round picks, No. 16 and No. 17. Here's how both front offices performed and what it means for each side going forward.

Friday’s massive trade made that perfectly clear, as they dealt away the Nos. 16 and 17 picks and Heineman, a 23-year-old winger, for Dobson, a high-octane 25-year-old defenseman. Whether Calder Trophy winner Lane Hutson moves back to his natural left side and pairs with Dobson or forms a pick-your-poison 1-2 punch on separate pairings,