What happened?

The Habs Bruins rivalry has always been one-sided for many decades until the late 80's. It was more of a habs curse on the bruins. No matter who and what the bruins threw at the habs including Orr, Esposito, Cheevers, Middleton, Ratelle, Park, O'Reilly, Oates and Thornton the habs would eventually come out the victors. The last decade has seen a reversal of fortunes up to a point. I guess the first inkling of the rivalry was when Rocket Richard took out his frustrations after being high sticked by Bruin Hal Laycoe and retaliated with a high stick of his own and then went loco on the linesman punching him unconscious. The Rocket was suspended for the rest of the season by anglo Clarence Campbell and the quiet revolution finally took to the streets. As a footnote, the Rocket the leader in points up to then  would be overtaken by the Boomer in the last few games and would never win a scoring championship. The Bruins team of the sixties stunk until the arrival of Number 4 Bobby Orr...

I am depressed about the habs so I wrote this blog to make me feel better. So we are headed towards another dark ages phase for the habs. The Cammalleri trade a sure sign we are going to be sellers up to the trade deadline. I think we should say our goodbyes and thanks to the likes of Hal Gill and Travis Moen. In the darkest and coldest period of the Montreal year, when hockey is the only  bright spot in the winter landscape we are doomed to watch in silence as the Leafs try to make the playoffs. Since we can't get intoxicated with the present day habs, let us commemorate the past.The case I want to make is where does Jean Beliveau stand among the elite of great hockey players. I encountered Jean Beliveau when I was a kid. He was shooting a commercial in a shopping mall. Since I was only 6 or 7, I had to look up at what seemed like a godlike tall figure. Everyone seems to admire the man, from Jean Chretien who wanted to make him the Governor General,  to ...