Montreal will be alive with excitement July 7 and 8 when the Upper Deck NHL entry draft takes place at the Bell Centre. The Canadiens have the very first draft choice so when Beaconsfield’s Kent Hughes, the new Habs GM, steps to the microphone at about 7 pm who will he select? The last time Montreal hosted this event was in 2009 and with the 18th choice, the Habs chose Kirkland’s Louis Leblanc and the place erupted with excitement. Leblanc enrolled in Harvard, played one season there and then came home to suit up for the Montreal Juniors. From there he turned pro with the Habs minor league squad in Hamilton, graduated to the big team yet never really made a mark in the big show. Long retired, Leblanc lives in Boston and works at Oliver Wyman, a leading international management consulting firm. I reached Leblanc in Boston.