Passing: Sam Pollock, Architect of Canadiens Championship Teams (Montreal Gazette)

From the Montreal Gazette:

Sam Pollock, the general manager whose Canadiens won nine Stanley Cups and eight regular-season championships during his 14 years at the helm of the club during the 1960s and '70s, died on August 15, 2007 in Toronto. He was 81.

Montreal Gazette senior hockey writer Red Fisher's tribute is here:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=0f2006b5-5fc6-4e7c-8078-23669f04ecd0

Dave Stubb from Habsinsideout.com offers Sam's Canada's Sports Hall of Fame profile, and here for an overview of his drafting history.
http://www.habsinsideout.com/

Also Dave Stubbs talks to former players and executives from the Pollock era:
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=856bbd54-94c8-4ebc-928e-07a97a069b28

In another Dave Stubbs piece, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey remembers how his hockey destiny was shaped for him when the late Sam Pollock drafted him in 1973
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=6f42defa-a2a6-47bd-9486-b30257002cd3&k=3103&p=3

NHL royalty pays tribute to Pollock (Red Fisher attended a memorial service for Sam Pollock in the Eastern Townships):
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=dbeec018-5f7d-4fa9-b24f-e543c2a50159&k=21315