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Flower Power Glory Days

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As we wave an enthusiastic goodbye and fare thee well to Pierre Gauthier and the Bob Gainey managerial era, I would like to discuss another Habs legend Guy Lafleur. I'd say from 1975 to 1980 Guy Lafleur was the best hockey player in the world. Guy didn't break many records during his time at the mountaintop. My blog wants to point out why. As great as Guy was, I always felt there was something missing or more a missed opportunity. Guy Lafleur was sensational with the Quebec Remparts during his junior career. In his final junior year he had 130 goals in 62 games. The Remparts also won the Memorial Cup. This may have been the last time Guy was unleashed to his full capacity. Through the shenanigans of Sam Pollock, Guy Lafleur was drafted first overall by the Stanley Cup champions. The year before Jean Beliveau retired a 10 time Cup winner, and big Jean classy as ever had offered his number 4 to Guy. Luckily Guy turned it down. Guy was bright enough to state he wanted to creat

Habs History in so many tweets

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  Posted these tweets and now I combined them. A little habs trivia and history :     The habs had a dynasty in the 60’s few people mention 4 cups in 5 years and they made the cup final in between and no superstars other than Jean Beliveau and Henri Richard and a young Yvan Cournoyer for all 4 cups Boom Boom Geoffrion had 50 goals and 95 points in 64 games in 1960-61, if he had not missed 6 games he surely would have been the first to break the 50 goal record and score 100 points.   Claude Provost of les habs won 9 Stanley Cups only three players have won more Jean Beliveau Henri Richard and Yvan Cournoyer.   Jean Guy Talbot won 7 stanley Cups only two defencemen have won more Serge Savard and Red Kelly who was only a defenceman for 5 cups and then was turned into a forward  There are at least 5 members of les habs that won a cup with the habs and also won a cup with duh laffs i mean leafs John McCormack, Bert Olmstead, Dick Duff, Larry Hillman,