Here’s a question for you: Are there any circumstances that would prompt the Canadiens’ Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes to attempt to sign goaltender Carter Hart of the notorious Hockey Canada Five? Article content

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On the other hand, we knew what the Vegas Golden Knights were even before they put out a steaming pile of PR bafflegab to justify signing Hart on Thursday. The Knights claimed that their “core values” have remained the same, which is true — they have none.

Not so Montreal — at least not now, with an organization that learned a huge lesson from the Logan Mailloux draft. Almost from the day Jeff Gorton took over in November 2021, it was clear that the Canadiens were going to

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