BigKing
Blake Out of Hell III: Back in to Hell
Draft day deal to send Pacioretty to Kings fell through - TSN.ca
This is the discussion from 31 thoughts, Friedman is widely considered a very reliable insider. He specifically mentions that the Habs went to MaxPac prior to the 2nd round with the potential offer. So, the Kupari pick couldn't have been involved. He also says that Muzzin was not involved. That is about the most information that we know regarding this potential trade.
However, this back and forth is a perfect example of why this has become annoying. Nobody has a clue what the potential return was, so each individual can make up their own return to make Blake look better/worse.
Agree which is why I use the trade to show that Blake was willing to move futures and was also all in on contending a mere 10 games before it was clear this team was done.