One of the important campaigns that came out of this pandemic is an emphasis and guidance to buy local. It’s something that has dogged the Montreal Canadiens for years, and it came to a head when people were upset that they played a game this season without a Quebec-born player in the lineup when Phillip Danault and Jonathan Drouin were both out.
In this particular instance, it was something that was relatively beyond their control but their moves this off-season have proven that they took that to heart and doing whatever they can to make sure it doesn’t happen again.