The death of Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden resonated in political circles on Saturday where the former NHL great left his mark as a long-standing member of Parliament and former Liberal cabinet minister.

The Montreal Canadiens organization announced Dryden’s death shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. He died Friday at age 78 following a battle with cancer.

Dryden left the Toronto Maple Leafs organization to run federally in 2004 for the Liberal Party of Canada, elected in the Toronto riding of York Centre.

He was named minister of social development in former prime minister Paul Martin's cabinet. His former chief of staff tells The Canadian Press that his curiosity and his ease with others helped him navigate the political world.

"A lot of people would have commented that he seeme

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