Wrong,
Lafleur,Robinson,Shutt,Dryden,Gainey,Napier,Houle,Tremblay,Risebrough,Lambert,Pete and Frank Mahovelich,Langway,Engblom,Jarvis,Larouche and a few others were aquired via normal draft or trade.
Oh and btw,HOW MANY CUPS have the Maple losers have won since ''access to talent became fair''?![]()
Correct!
The question re the Habs and their so called French Canadian 'advantage' is so routinely botched up it should be addressed on Hockey Night In Canada.
I believe this fallacy was born primarily by frustrated anti-Montreal fans who for decades suffered through parade after Stanley Cup parade.
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