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The bias towards french speaking players doesn't hold any water, Drouin is a commensurate POS, guy shows no respect or loyalty for the team or it's logo.
Language doesn't dictate anything more than how the person can communicate, that's akin to saying all european/russian players will never take playing for their NHL team seriously because they aren't home.
The Canadiens should be identifying players who bring the necessary talent and compete level, not based on language identity politics.
Laf doesn't bring anything the habs don't already have, and as has been mentioned, his ceiling of talent is getting lower and lower and may just turn into a Josh Anderson, which isn't terrible, but not what is needed for this team. At this point Ylonen looks like he should be getting opportunities at prime minutes in the NHL, Farrell is still a prospect, but looking amazing in his last year of NCAA, and that 1st in a deep draft, makes better sense to keep it and try and get another RHD to stock up behind Mailloux.
PLD is a guy who should be targeted, because he's young, physical, can produce, and who the hell cares what language he can speak. (and you did in Pt. 2)