Habs Fan in Edmonton

I thought Chiarot had a good season last year, brings a physical element to the game, chipped in 9 goals and was a plus player (although we could debate the usefulness of plus/minus stats). I think he is a pretty good value at 3.5 million a year. I am happy to have him on the team, 29 is far from old.

That sounds great. I guess we are starting to see why Timmins was so excited to get him in the second round. He obviously saw things in him that other scouts did not. He certainly did his homework.

I was a big fan of Markov, he deserves to be honoured but to retire his number would be going a little too far. I think retiring numbers should be for those who achieve legendary status (maybe that's hard to define). Markov was a huge part of this team and certainly deserves recognition.

Yeah, it seems like he has had his opportunities with the Habs and just couldn't do enough to stay. Not enough skill for the top 2 lines and not enough grit/defensive ability to play on the 3rd or 4th lines. An in betweener.

Yup, agree with your points. Habs have definitely been guilty of that.

I am glad you said almost. I don't feel sorry for organizations that make bad decisions and the Sabres have obviously made a lot of them. They have had a number of high picks but just can't seem to make the pieces fit, in that cycle of always rushing young guys like the Oilers did for a long time. I think Eichel is getting tired of losing, he is a heckuva player. O'Reilly was certainly a perfect fit for the Blues.

It is sad to see him not get 1000 games. He was a top quality Hab, terrific defenceman in his prime. I think decision to leave was as much Markov's as MB's. Trying to think back, apparently Markov wanted 2 years and the Habs were only willing to offer one. I could be wrong though, who really knows what happens in these negotiations.

Very sad news, he was a quality guy. He was extremely well liked by the his team mates, the media spoke really highly of him. One media guy said that he was always happy whenever Colby was called up because he was such a nice guy. Gone way too soon.

With any UFA it all depends on the price. No question Krug is an excellent player. Is he worth 7 million or more in cap space? Not sure what his worth is on the open market but he is coming off an excellent season and he is in the prime of his career right now. He will cash in, can't imagine the Habs being the highest bidder.

I think it sounds awful.

Giving up a 1st round pick for a washed up player, thank god we have a GM now who would never make a foolish trade like that!! Sorry, a little bored in self isolation and felt like stirring the pot a bit. Please ignore.

Hey, I was a little surprised to see those names too but there are fans out there who love role players or perhaps it was a little tongue in cheek, only Neech knows for sure.

Like they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I will not judge.

I think a big part of the reason some items are harder to come by is that Canadians (not sure about our southern neighbours) have been going a little over board hoarding some items. I have noticed that pasta has been in short supply on my recent trips to the grocery store. I also think we can disagree with people without being rude otherwise this board will degenerate quickly.

Agree 100%, Dipietro played a huge role in that cup win, it's all about winning the cup, I think my response echoed that.

Oh come on. The job Trump has done with this virus is 10/10 (well according to Trump anyway). Does it seem like we are getting off topic or is it just me?

Dipietro won a cup which is certainly memorable, a lot of guys have excellent careers and never win one. Druce didn't have a bad NHL career (113 goals versus 31 for Dipietro) but he doesn't have a ring.

Great compilation, thanks for sharing, brings back great memories. That playoff was definitely the highlight of Paul Dipietro's brief NHL career. Whatever happened to Ed Ronan?

And not long after that run they made one of the worst trades of all time, Eric Desjardins and John Leclair for Mark Recchi. OUCH! While Recchi was a decent player for Montreal, John Leclair became the dominant power forward in the NHL for a number of years while Desjardins became a solid, dependable top 4 defenceman.

Without Patrick they don't get a sniff of the cup that year. When I look back at their 93 roster it had to be one of the weakest Canadien rosters to ever win a cup. Things just seemed to fall into place for them. On defence Kevin Haller, Lyle Odelein, Patrice Brisebois, JJ Daigneault, not exactly Hall of Famers, Eric Desjardins and Mathieu Schneider were pretty good. That was a hell of a series with the Nordiques who had a talented team, Sakic, Sundin, Owen Nolan etc. But we had Patrick!

That was a crazy playoff year, to win that many overtime games in a row is crazy when you think overtime is pretty much a 50/50 shot. It's like flipping a coin and calling it right 10 times in a row although a hot Patrick Roy can definitely tilt things in your favour.

Agree, thought he was terrific at the world juniors. Terrific skater.

And I thought I was old. LOL I never saw Doug Harvey but my dad should talked a lot about him.

I am talking Mario Tremblay the player, not the coach. Loved him as a player and that's what the question was.

Great topic, started watching in the mid 60's. If I had to pick 5 it would be: 1) Jean Beliveau - such grace and class 2) Yvan Cournoyer - loved watching the roadrunner 3) Guy Lafleur - I will never forget the key goal he scored with a minute to go to tie Boston in game 7, I can still see it 4) Larry Robinson - one of my favourite moments was when he pounded the shit out of Dave Schultz during a brawl, always felt good when Big Bird was out there 5) Bob Gainey - such a class guy, tireless worker, great team guy Honourable mention to many, Serge Savard, Mario Tremblay, Mats Naslund, Knuckles Nilan, Ken Dryden, Doug Risebrough etc etc