Quebecer

Nézet-Séguin said he had surged with pride that she was a fellow Quebecer, and said that he sees Dion as a “diva” in the operatic sense of the word.

No one took issue with his assertion that hockey in Quebec is “our national sport, part of our identity,” nor did anyone quibble last year when he expressed grief that for the first time the Canadiens played a game with not one Quebecer on the roster.

“No Quebecer wants that to fade,” Johnston said.

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The Quebecer has also played for Nashville.