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MONTREAL — Imagine, if you will, all 6-8 and 320 pounds of David Foucault clearing the front of the net or flying down the wing because there was a time when minor hockey coaches in Montreal were in love with that image.

But there was also a time when that image would have become a reality; when Foucault’s athletic future would have been determined by Quebec’s all-consuming passion for the puck. That time is no more, as the B.C. Lions can attest, and Foucault is now part of a generation that has chosen the gridiron over the rink.

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Still, it’s fun to think of the giant offensive lineman as the Francophone Chara, even if Foucault doesn’t think in those terms.

“I loved hockey,” he says. “But I couldn’t do both and football was my sport. I think I made the right choice.”

Just out of curiosity, what kind of hockey player were you, David?

“I thought I was a goal scorer but the coaches wanted me to be a goon,” he says with a laugh.