Thursday evening, the Montreal Canadiens paid tribute to Elmer Lach as only they could with a beautiful video tribute. Lach, who passed away on April 4 at 97, played 664 games and scored 215 goals ...

Before his death, Lach was the oldest surviving NHL player, 42 days older than a former rival with the Boston Bruins, Milt Schmidt This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues ...

Elmer Lach, Aurel Joliat, Jacques Lemaire, Guy Lapointe, Toe Blake, Georges Vezina and others (exhale) on the Habs' all-time all-drafted team – for the simple fact that they weren't drafted.