I'm with you all the way, Cleg!

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Great post, Cleghorn.  I'm from that school too.  The players should be proud to wear that CH; I would have done it for nothing.

I also like serendipity, which is why I think Cristobal Huet and Chris Higgins have a great future with the Habs!

I agree with a lot of that Cleg, especially the Dryden bit. He was my hero growing up, when he quit I said screw you...when he joined Leaf management, he was dead to me. After that, his early great play is completely meanenless to me.

brooklynhabfan wrote:

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Nil d wrote: Charlie Hustle.  I get it.  (But I wouldn't want him on my team.) I wouldn't bet on it...

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Wow Brook. Is that a CHELSEA player on your avatar? I thought you were an Arsenal supporter.

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It's simple - the sweater and team are bigger than any individual player. I grew up when the greatest players in the game (way too long a list of great players to name here) put themselves 2nd to the team. When Dryden left over money for a year and articled in Toronto - screw him I thought When LeClair found it too hard to play here - ditto When Roy disrespected the sweater and teammates on National TV - ditto again When Kovalev quit - same Too many greats went through bad times, bad coaches and booing fans - never once losing their class, quitting or wanting out. If we keep talented players who quit in play-off games, or repeatedly swan dive, or provoke fights then turtle or blame refs - then the Habs are just another team. I'm sorry I can't look at any player in a "CH" and just see points, GAA or skill set - if I don't see class the rest is moot. That's why I'm thankful we have Koivu, Leafs have Sundin - if you don't see the difference I can't explain it - you won't see it on the stats page. I would bet on it that Kovalev is traded on the "Theo plan" and on the stats sheet it will appear we got soaked in the trade - don't bet on THAT. Final thought - in the 70s teams were brutalized by Shero and his Flyers - the Leafs' solution? Cry to the League, cry to the papers, try and bring in a couple of brutes - when that all failed get the Attorney General to start making arrests! The Hab plan - quiet stoicism followed by a group of hockey greats and regular guys all wearing a fabled Jersey banning together one night in Philly to administer a collective ass-kicking and hockey lesson to a bunch of minor league thugs in orange and black. 

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 Cleggy, I agree. The one concern is, this is a different era and many players on each roster are in it for the loot. If we wait to build a team of "100% bleed Habs blood type player"...we may win a Cup in 50 years from now. The reality of the sport is, it's a bussiness for both sides...players and owners! Many great players will only come here if the money is here. How many Begin's are there in this league??

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How many Begin's are there in this league??

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Begin, Koivu, Bouillion,Rivet, Souray,Murray....these are all guys that just shut up and play depsite the crazy world in Montreal around them....bleed the red/white/blue.

Higgins and Komi seem poised to have similair character.

Muller93 wrote:

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AB Habman wrote:
How many Begin's are there in this league??

Begin, Koivu, Bouillion,Rivet, Souray,Murray....these are all guys that just shut up and play depsite the crazy world in Montreal around them....bleed the red/white/blue.
Higgins and Komi seem poised to have similair character.

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Good list. I like the look of Plekanec and Huet too.