On this day four years ago, longtime NHL agent and Beaconsfield, QC native Kent Hughes was named the 18th general manager in Montreal Canadiens history. In his first press conference, he said: “We’re going to create a modern organization that players want to be a part of.”

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  2. I honestly was very skeptic since the start because of past regimes like gauthier, corey, gainey and bergevin but they have proven me wrong i WISHED we had this team with a prime 2015 carey price

  4. And so he did. I still wish a strong “A-list” player would want to join us, but I am happy with our rooster, not gonna lie. I would rather have team unity than one superstar. Professional Sport is not just about the results (while it’s very very fun to be in the top), it’s mostly about how it makes us feel. I remember years where I just had indifference for the team. Mostly the Pattiorety as Captain years.

  8. Soon there will be a Hughes #22, Hughes #43, and Hughes #86 on this team #makeithappen /s

  10. Rookie GM, rookie coach.

    Last time we saw that was Houle and Tremblay, I still have PTSD from that..

    It has been so energizing seeing them rebuild this team into what pretty much everyone in the league sees already, a winning team, with a collective great attitude, and almost every key player playing below market value to give KH as much financial rope as he needs.

    Great time to be a Habs fan.

    Edit: Wow. An award. Thank you so much.

  13. As a former NHLPA Agent, I can say Kent was respected by his peers, and his low key approach, that was always well thought out, rarely lead to failure! Regrettably , the day will come, because of the deep emotion of the historical nature of a Canadiens dynasty , we may all “ drive him out of town”, down the road! The fickle nature of Professional Sport!!!!

  14. This and the Gorton hire have been the best moves the Habs made since probably drafting P. Roy. Yeah there have been great things they did in between, but having a great management group have benefits throughout the organization

  19. Kent will go down as one of the greatest GMs not only in Habs history, but NHL history as a whole

  20. Molson finally had the wisdom to realize he had to do things different to move the team into this century.

  21. He will be in the Hockey Hall of Fame for this NEW way of building a BETTER team that players WANT to be a part of and play for.

    Basically he built the team the way a good and knowledgeable fan base would have built it.

    Best hiring ever !! 👍🏻👍🏻

  26. I was ecstatic was crying for a rebuild for over a decade and finally we got one but by 2 competent ppl and turned out better than I even expected

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