By the end of the day on Thursday, all everyone in Montreal was talking about a player born in Ste-Agathe, selected third overall in the NHL Draft, who was in a public rift with the team that drafted him.
It’s also how they started the day.
It’s fitting that after a game where Montreal Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin had three assists, two of them primary, all everyone was talking about was a bad bounce on a wrap around clearance that hit off the referee.
The narrative surrounding Drouin has always been about unfulfilled promise.