TAMPA, FLORIDA - JULY 07: David Savard (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
The Montreal Canadiens, even more than many other teams will try and target some local talent to join the squad.
You see this with many other teams, like when Jason Spezza, Joe Thornton and Wayne Simmonds all joined the Toronto Maple Leafs. Or like Jack Eichel eventually signing with the Boston Bruins. Players from out west often prefer to play out west and many from the east coast would like to live in the eastern time zone.
While not every team has a lot of local flair, it’s long been tradition in Montreal that someone on the Canadiens team would be a local.