In this series we look at the top five Canadiens since the year 2000 who made the biggest impact on the team in their only season of play on the team.
At the 1998 NHL Entry Draft the Canadiens had four local talents they were heavily scouting, and promised to draft one of them in the first round. Those players were Simon Gagne, Ramzi Abid, Eric Chouinard, and Alex Tanguay. Tanguay was drafted 12th overall by Colorado, ahead of Montreal, so the Canadiens settled on picking Eric Chouinard.