Iwas surprised Saturday afternoon when I ran into Nick Bobrov in the lobby of the Marriott Château Champlain Hotel and had a chance to briefly say hello after parking my car ahead of that night’s game between the Canadiens and New York Rangers at the Bell Centre.

Bobrov, the Canadiens’ co-director of amateur scouting, is normally travelling the world looking for the team’s stars of the future. On Saturday night, he had a chance to watch some of the players he had previously scouted play for the Canadiens in a 4-3 loss.

Wherever Bobrov was on Wednesday night he must have had a huge smile on his face while watching the Canadiens beat the Flames 2-1 in overtime in Calgary — either live on TV or through highlights.

Ivan Demidov, who Bobrov spent a lot of time scouting in Russia, showed wh

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