Time for new habs legends
With the passing of Ken Dryden and Guy Lafleur, I am reminded that in the last few years of their lives they were still keenly interested in bringing the winning tradition back to the habs franchise. The one depressing thing of the recent past is that habs fans basically exaggerated on the talents of a Subban or Weber, Pacioretty or Price and blindly hoped these few could carry the team to the playoffs. This summer positive vibes have been ever-present in habs social media and for the first time in many years this positivity may have some realism and merit. In hindsight, trying to figure out the exact time the franchise became reinvigorated may be difficult to pinpoint. Was it the Slafkovsky pick at the bell center, or maybe the under-the radar-Hutson pick the same year? Maybe it started with the Laine trade or Celine Dion picking Demidov. The 4 nations tournament helped to bring back the electricity in the bell center. The atmosphere during the Canada USA match in Montreal ...