Montreal’s highest-paid athlete plays in Toronto, and he isn’t a hockey player.
While Montreal may be a hockey town, the highest-paid athletes this city has produced are playing baseball, basketball or soccer, or driving race cars.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t any Canadiens or other hockey stars on the list of accomplished Montreal athletes making millions in sports; it’s just that playing the puck doesn’t pay quite as well as hitting home runs — at least at the highest levels.