Quoting: Bf3351
Habs love their frenchies
So assumption that their Prejudice is greater then their common sense is how you're justifying it?
We havent really targeted many Montreal Locals as many would think .
they target kids from BC the most of any then Ontario then Quebec
they used to hardcore draft from the QMJHL then we had 8 years of busts and nobodies so Timmons when he took over went the opposite direction .
Now they gotta be a 3rd rounder or later to be drafted by MTL just because you're french now .
Scandella's the only one i can remember trading for in recent memory outside Deslauriers a few years back.
only players we've signed as UFA are Chiarot , Alzner , Kovalchuk , and Radulov the last couple years .
French first doesnt work for UFA's because guys like Perron was targeted twice as UFA before and after PIT traded him .
Perron said to the media '' i dont think i'd want that pressure or headache''
that stuck with me and it did with management because it triggered a completely new approach where being French isnt good enough.
Sure if they had a choice between lets say Dubois #4 OA or Kotkanemi #3 OA they'd want the frenchmen
but they're not going to pick a lower ranked leblanc over a higher ranked Kreider like MTL did Molsons 1st week as owner (only 2nd time a french player was drafted in the 1st round.Gillette was always best avail)