Former Canadien Chris Nilan helps pair of Habs rookies feel at home in Montreal
In a classy gesture, former Montreal Canadiens forward Chris 'Knuckles' Nilan reached out to rookie defencemen Jordan Harris and Arber Xhekaj to invite them over to his home for dinner.
Nilan wanted to make the pair, who are currently roommates, feel like they were at home in Montreal.
He added, "I feel like the season is so busy and hectic sometimes, just to sit in a house and have a home-cooked meal, you don't think how far that goes sometimes and it really meant a lot for him to do that,"
While Nilan has had his fair share of controversy in recent times, including the situation around being fired by TSN radio and his rant where he mocked then-injured Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin, inviting Harris and Xhekaj to his home just shows that he is not only a good ambassador for the organization, but also a great human being.
In July, the Canadiens named Nilan as one of four new ambassadors along with Guy Carbonneau, Vincent Damphousse and Patrice Brisebois, who joined Rejean Houle and Yvan Cournoyer. In the last year, the Canadiens have been doing a good job at trying to reconnect the alumni with the organization, something that wasn't done, or at least not very well, during Marc Bergevin's time as general manager.
Source: Montreal Gazette
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