from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,

They’re restless in Montreal. That’s not news, not after what is now a 30-year Cup drought for the Canadiens. Remember, Les Glorieux won it five times in their first 30 years, and rattled off a record five straight (1956-60) in what Habs fans considered normal times.

The reaction of the fan base was exceptionally nasty after last month’s decision by Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, et al, to use the fifth pick in the draft on David Reinbacher, a 6-foot-2-inch Austrian-born defenseman out of Switzerland’s top pro league. Let it not be overlooked that the kid literally has CH in his name.

The reaction: David who?!

Actually, it was more emotional than that, but we’re going by old-school Sunday newspaper rules. Habs fans had their minds set on the far more hyped Matvei Michkov, the Russian right winger who some believe could be the next Kirill Kaprizov (a fifth-round choice in 2015 by the Wild).

Michkov, who might not be able to break his contract in Russia for at least two more years, went No. 7 to the Flyers.

Reinbacher, with the size (6-2/185) and game that encouraged the Bruins to select Charlie McAvoy at No. 14 in 2016, got lambasted by Habs fans on social media, in part because he’s unknown, in part because he’s not Michkov, in part because of the aforementioned 30-year drought.

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