I'm so old I remember the last Habs 1OA pick and how mad their fans were that they took Wickenheiser over Denis Savard (they didn't care about missing out on Dave Babych).
Savard had just destroyed the Q, was French, and fit their style (can you imagine him between Lafleur and Shutt). Wickenheiser was bigger, but at 6'1" he wasn't a monster. Savard went PPG as a rookie (and no doubt helped Sutter to 40 goals).
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