Jeff Gorton: It (really) doesn’t matter if Justin Carbonneau is a Québécois

Jeff Gorton spoke to the media today.

The draft will be presented tomorrow… and to mark the occasion, the journalists on hand took the opportunity to ask him a few questions about the draft – and a few other topics.

Of the draft? The Habs VP said that Kirby Dach is fine, that the organization will continue to follow the plan, that there are several conversations across the NHL about potential trades…

But Gorton also talked about the possibility of Justin Carbonneau being drafted by the Canadiens.

In fact… Gorton said that the fact that Carbonneau is a Québécois has nothing to do with the possibility of him being drafted.

Kent Hughes’ assistant said something that is relatively clear:

When I was in Boston, people wanted us to draft guys from Boston. And that didn’t happen. – Jeff Gorton

That doesn’t mean there’s no chance of Carbonneau being drafted by the Canadiens.

What it does mean is that the Habs won’t pick him just because he’s from here: