For most fans, the Director of Amateur Scouting — even for their own team — gets a few days in the limelight around the annual Entry Draft and then fades into the background for the rest of the year. By the end of his tenure, Trevor Timmins in Montreal was definitely the exception to this rule.
First hired in 2002, Timmins was the leading hand behind the Canadiens prospect pool for an entire generation of fans. He has played a large part in the construction of Canadiens’ rosters over the past two decades, whether in the form of direct draftees or indirectly through players acquired for his selections.