Julien was hired from the Hamilton Bulldogs but was under contract to the Edmonton Oilers, with whom the Canadiens shared the farm club. The Canadiens coach as Gainey takes over is Claude Julien. Other players in the organization drafted in 20 include Chris Higgins, Tomas Linhart, Michael Lambert, Andre Deveaux, Jonathan Ferland, Konstantin Korneyev, Alexander Perezhogin, Duncan Milroy, Matti Jarventie, Eric Himelfarb, Andrew Archer and Viktor Ujcik. Players in the Canadiens organization who played in the AHL with the affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs in 2002-03 include Komisarek, Bouillon, Audette, Czerkawski, Garon, Hossa, Ward, Lindsay, Hainsey, Michael Ryder, Benoit Gratton, * Tomas Plekanec, Jozef Balej, Sylvain Blouin, Mike Ribeiro, and Eric Fichaud. Gainey inherits the roster from the previous season under the Andre Savard regime consisting of 32 players that include Saku Koivu, Yanic Perrault, Richard Zednik, Jan Bulis, * Andrei Markov, Patrice Brisebois, Andreas Dackell, Donald Audette, Oleg Petrov, Joe Juneau, Craig Rivet, Randy McKay, Mike Ribeiro, Chad Kilger, Niklas Sundstrom, Mariusz Czerkawski, Patrick Traverse, Marcel Hossa, Stephane Quintal, Karl Dykhuis, Jason Ward, Francis Bouillon, Bill Lindsay, Mike Komisarek, Sylvain Blouin, Ron Hainsey, Gordie Dwyer, Francois Beauchemin, Sheldon Souray, Jose Theodore, Jeff Hackett, Mathieu Garon. J– Canadiens named Bob Gainey VP and General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens.
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