Q-who's this guy who made jaws drop byge time in Mtl?

He's from BC but in the mid 70s did something hockey-wise in Montreal that nobody could fathom and he still gets pestered about it today.

Y-answer! This is the legendary Robin Sadler. Legendary not for any on-ice NHL accomplishment he performed - he never actually played a game in the league - but rather legendary because after he was drafted in the first round, 9 th overall by the Canadiens in 1975 Sadler showed up to training camp and simply quit and returned the big pile of cash he had been given. He said he just didn't feel like playing. He just went home. Why did he do this? He must have felt in some way oppressed (Supressed? ..Er..Re-pressed? - Chimples) by the Habs' training camp experience.
Truth be told, that years draft was full of ankle skaters whose skill didn't go much beyond an ability strap on their shin pads with too much electrical tape. It was of the worst ever with zero players going on to become NHL stars, in fact only a couple even made The Shnow. Sadler didn't feel he was good enough. It's never been fully explained why he quit, although it was probably some sort of anxiety issue that could be dealt with through medication. He supposedly wanted simply to become a fire man but he didn't do that either. Whatever it was, he either had issues or a will of his own. He went on to play a bit in Europe and tried a couple of comebacks (Back from what? - Chimples) then became a real estate agent in Victoria. I rang him up once to ask him about his story but he said there was nothing else to tell.