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Cleghorn wrote:

Where Bob Gainey and Carbo are concerned I can't be rational when evaluating them. They, like Mario Tremblay, are in my top 10 list of favourite Habs... and I supported Mario 100% when he was coaching. The other 7 in my top 10 (in no particular order) are Jean Beliveau, J.C. Tremblay, Frank Mahovlich, Henri Richard, Pierre Bouchard, Guy Lapointe and Chris Nilan. No theme - superstars and soldiers - just guys (like Begin) who grabbed my attention when they played.

You're not alone my friend...it does make it hard to be objective on our GM and coach today and prior three seasons because of all his past accomplishments especially as a player.

Nil d · Guru

Cleghorn wrote:

Where Bob Gainey and Carbo are concerned I can't be rational when evaluating them. They, like Mario Tremblay, are in my top 10 list of favourite Habs... and I supported Mario 100% when he was coaching. The other 7 in my top 10 (in no particular order) are Jean Beliveau, J.C. Tremblay, Frank Mahovlich, Henri Richard, Pierre Bouchard, Guy Lapointe and Chris Nilan. No theme - superstars and soldiers - just guys (like Begin) who grabbed my attention when they played.

Good to read a post form a fellow old-timer who remembers the "good old days"...........

My favs also have no rhyme nor reason. There are the obvious ones (Jean Belivean head & shoulders above the rest, and also Guy Lafleur, Jacques Lemaire and Guy Lapointe), but also non-stars like Benoit Brunet, Mike MacPhee and Rick Chartraw.

normie · Member

CLEGGER!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya left out my guy.................Larry Robinson. I'd have to bump Bouchard and add Robinson, otherwise a great list...........normie

norskipaul · Senior Member

Serge Savard, Yvan Cournoyer, Henri Richard (for those two goals in '71). Another name that sticks with me from the old days is Jacques Laperriere, don't really know why...

Nil d · Guru

norskipaul wrote:

Serge Savard, Yvan Cournoyer, Henri Richard (for those two goals in '71). Another name that sticks with me from the old days is Jacques Laperriere, don't really know why...

This is why: those immortal words repeated by Danny Gallivan hundreds of times: "......and it's off Laperriere's stick and into the crowd". I've never in my life seen a player deflect so many shots.

Of course today that would be frowned upon. But he seemed to have a knack to deflect pucks early and solidly enough that they'd end up in the stands, rather than in the net, which drives goalies mad today.

He's one of my all-time favourites, too. Little known fact" he won the Norris Trophy (NHL's best defenseman) the year before Orr won his eight straight.

I also remember one crazy year when Laperriere had ZERO goals in the regular season and FOUR in the playoffs! Go figure.