Joseph Hector “Toe” Blake is the Johnny Appleseed of Montreal Canadiens hockey.
The popular image is of Johnny Appleseed spreading apple seeds randomly everywhere he went. In fact, he planted nurseries rather than orchards, built fences around them to protect them from livestock, left the nurseries in the care of a neighbor who sold trees on shares, and …
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