Montreal Canadiens, no more the ‘Flying Frenchmen’

While the Canadiens’ ownership recently employed coaches and general managers who speak French, fewer and fewer players have been francophone or Quebec-born.

As a fan and a reporter who covered them, I felt the Canadiens of the previous era represented what our country could be when people of both language groups worked together, writes Andrew Caddell. Flickr photograph by John Catral

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

May 19, 2021

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Last week, as the Quebec government tabled a retooled version of the French Language Charter, the province was seized with a cultural crisis. For the first time in its 112-year history, the Montreal Canadiens did not have a Quebec-born player on the ice. As the NHL playoffs began,...

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