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No way we trade either of our first rounders for a 25 year old. If Dubois really wants to come here he can sign another one year deal and come here as a UFA. Otherwise no reason to divert from the rebuild.

I was in the Forum for Game 2 of the Finals in 1993. Standing room. We were down 2-1 for much of the 2nd and 3rd period, already down 0-1 in the series and facing the bleak possibility of flying to LA down 0-2. We were generating nothing. I remember being struck by the realization that, even though we were the Montreal Canadiens, the script might not come true…we might actually lose this Cup, the one Cup of my adult life. Midway through the third, with the arena dead silent and the French guy next to me slumped in drunken despair, I yelled out, “where are the ghosts?? Rocket Richard?? Howie Morenz?? Guy Lalfeur?? WHERE ARE THE GHOSTS??” Then the McSorley illegal stick got called with two minutes left, and in an unbelievably ballsy bit of coaching Demers pulled Roy for a two-man advantage. Eric Desjardins scored to tie it up on that blast that shook the world, the entire place went insane: the French guy shrieking and hugging me, lunatics running up and down the aisle, beer flying everywhere - never had so many had such a radical mood swing from complete despair to total ecstasy in so short a time. Amidst the bedlam, my buddy tapped me on the shoulder and said: “there’s your ghosts.” 😉

I still have those ticket stubs. I remember crossing the border Cornwall, there were a couple of times they brought me inside and searched my car because they didn't believe me that I had tickets to the games. I was more scared at missing the start of the games than I was my car being searched/questioned over "why I was REALLY entering Canada". That specific year was quite magical, even before they won the Cup. I worked at a Radio Shack while in my final year at Clarkson University. My boss was a big Habs fan and she bought me a large Canadiens flag/banner for Christmas that year. When the playoff ticket sales were announced, I'd go into the store, because it had a touch tone phone, so it was easier to get through to order tickets. I still had a rotary phone at home. We'd each get on a different phone line and keep dialing the box office until we got through. I managed to get 4 tickets to each game that playoff season. I was always a Habs fan, but 1993 definitely cemented me as a forever Habs fan as a young impressionable college kid. I was excited in 1986, but I was what, 15 when they won in '86. For a kid that could finally drive to the games, get a beer, and be physically inserted in the experience of a winning Cup run....again, magical.

Yep, we've been around for a while. The forum turns 20 in mid-May, mid-October for the main site.

Thanks, brother. Hopefully I don’t regurgitate those 1993 stories *too* often. Game 2 was obviously the greatest single moment of my life as a Habs fan - greater even, I would say, than being in the Forum again when they won in Game 5 - so I do like to light my metaphorical pipe and reminisce now and then! 20 years…scary sh*t 😃

I are quickly approaching 20 yrs on this site. At that time I was single, living in Greece. Today i'm married, have 3 kids (one 3 yrs away from College) and live in the land of the Brass Bonanza. What am I getting to? After alllll these years, I NEVER get tired of Cuccumber reliving that epic game 2. Thank you my friend.