François Legault and Jonathan Drouin dish out Canadiens face masks at Montreal metro

Quebec’s premier and its hockey team joined forces in Montreal on Friday morning to hand out some Canadiens face coverings.

François Legault and Quebec’s Public Health Director, Dr. Horracio Arruda, partnered on a line with Habs forward Jonathan Drouin and General Manager Marc Bergevin at the Cadillac Metro to distribute face masks with the team’s iconic logo to those in need.

The government is strongly recommending Quebecers wear masks in public, especially in public transit and place where the two-metre physical distancing guideline is difficult to follow.

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In a tweet, Legault joked he presented two different Stanley Cup scenarios to the Habs GM, saying in the short term, “we keep Shea Weber and Carey Price” and in the medium term, trade them both off for younger talent.

According to Legault, Bergevin didn’t respond.

2/2 J’ai profité de l’occasion pour proposer 2 scénarios à Marc Bergevin :

1. On vise la Coupe à court terme. On garde Shea Weber et Carey Price

2. On vise la Coupe à moyen terme. On échange Weber et Price pour des jeunes

Malheureusement, il n’a pas répondu. pic.twitter.com/DjQeWgNmKA

— François Legault (@francoislegault) May 22, 2020

Merci à tous ceux qui sont passés prendre un masque, ce matin. Soyez prudents!

Thank you to everyone who took a mask this morning. Stay safe!#UnisParLeHockey | #HockeySticksTogether pic.twitter.com/s8SgHJvqx1

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) May 22, 2020

Legault says the mask he wore to Thursday’s briefing was sent to him from the Habs captain and he’s happy that Weber doesn’t bear any ill feelings towards him after Legault proposed the Habs trade the All-Star defenceman this past January.

Merci à Shea Weber, le capitaine des @CanadiensMTL, qui m’a envoyé le masque que je portais aujourd’hui à la conférence de presse et qui a été fabriqué par l’entreprise Image-Folie.

Il ne semble pas rancunier, parce que j’avais proposé en janvier dernier de l’échanger ! pic.twitter.com/8Xb6RhAMsm

— François Legault (@francoislegault) May 21, 2020