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Rene Bourque On Trade To Montreal Canadiens: ‘I Might Be In Trouble, I Don’t Speak French’

by Travis Hughes
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I've been told that in Montreal, they like their hockey people to speak French. Rene Bourque sounds like a guy who would speak French, and he has quite possibly the most French of French names. He's been traded to the Canadiens this Thursday evening.

↵But, bad news: He doesn’t speak French.

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