Patrick Roy #33 Retired
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Tonight, Patrick Roy will have his #33 raised to the rafters forever.
Whatever your opinion of Patrick Roy is, and there are many, the fact remains he is one of the best goaltenders to have ever played the game.
He is the last goaltender to
leadcarry the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup.And since the night he left Montreal, the Canadiens began a descent into total and complete mediocrity as a hockey team. One of the darkest periods of Habs history followed and haunted the team up until (arguably) very recently.
Would it have been the same if Patrick Roy was a Hab until retirement?
We’ll never know. All we know is it’s been a long 15 years since a Canadiens goalie hoisted the Cup.

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- Mats Naslund : Kesler $5m for 6 years.. 1 point seperates him and Plex in the standings.. Pretty good benchmark?
- Mats Naslund : I guess La presse is reporting that PG is talking extension with Markov's people.
- Mats Naslund : Boston and NY did us a huge solid last night by blowing it. 1 point out of 5th with 11 games to go.
- Mats Naslund : Might be a little sneaky, but what if we made Markov the captain - he would have a hard time leaving as a UFA. Hammrlik's $$ is Markov's in a year. We'll have the $$ to sign him and another UFA. I think I also like BUF in the first round although Miller scares the bajezus out of me. NJ after that.
- Senet1 : may lose him to UFA?? We make up the cap space with Laraque's salary, and the trade of one of are large defenceman salaries.
- Senet1 : There are four contracts that are a must for our GM needs to get done. Plek we need to give him a raise say $5.5M Our two goalies each in the neighbourhood $3M but perhaps the more important contract is Markov's he is not a UFA this year but if we agreed to renegoitate his contract a year earlier for say a raise to $6M next year and $7M for two more years then we may be able to get hims signed for at least 3 or 4 more years. If we let his contract expire and he become a UFA in 2011 then we may
- Senet1 : In fact I knew that I had to play washington, I would rather take them out in the first round.
- Senet1 : Well the one thing that does not matter is our record against any of these teams during the season. This is a much different team than the one we saw play during the majority of the season. Secondly, if I was going to pick a team to play it would be one with weaker goaltending. Right now if I had to pick it would either be Pittsburg or NJ although Washington can be had if Theodore does not play above his head. I believe that any team that can score 4 goals a game has a chance to beat Washing
- goalie : NJ would be my second choice followed by Pens OR Caps - don't think it much matters. No easy pickings Habs!
- goalie : Well the good news is that we're playing much better now than at times during the year. The Habs MUST play their bestagainst ANY of these teams to have a chance. We lost three staraight to the Pens, the Caps scare me because they have talent, NJ have improved greatly but we have played well vs them. I think we only beat Buf once but all but one game was very close. I guess I'd take my chances vs ther Sabres as I think our style matches up well against them.If we could beat Miller we could win.
- Mats Naslund : Unless we see a miracle, MON will be a 5-8 seed. So who between WAS, PIT, BUF, or NJ do you want in the 1st round?
- Mats Naslund : Metro is 35. I cant see them giving more than 1yr. He definitely deserves a spot next year though.
- Avatar37 : Senet - I agree, Metropolit is impressive and Metro and Moen always seem to come up clutch. I really hope they sign him to a 3-4 year deal.
- goalie : Isn't it a lot more interesting and fun when our team is playing well and on a run!
- Senet1 : So we have a good third line the fourth line is playing responsible hockey and the first line is generating offense as well as controling the play. Plek is playing hard and still managing to get a goal here and there so if Cammy can get back maybe we have four solid lines. Right now Martin is rolling the four lines well and I think we are tiring out the other teams.
- Senet1 : I also am impressed with our fourth line Metro, Lapierre and Darche. They are playing some productive minutes killing time and tieing up the other team in their zone.
- Senet1 : This line sort of reminds me of the Gainey line, they always scored the big goals in tight games. Believe it or not when the game was tied 1-1 I thought is is about time our third line got a goal and a few minutes later they did. It is become a regular thing this line.
- rocky : Moore brings great puck possession in the offensive zone and Segie can finish plays. Nice to watch, they are smoking third lines on other teams right now.
- Senet1 : I agree his brother is working out really well with Moore and Moan. They have offensive abilities and at the same time are very responsible defensively.
- rocky : He has talent you know, but just no intensity or desire for hockey at this stage. He should watch his brother right now and do his best to emulate him.
- rocky : That would s*ck. They should sit his ass.
- Senet1 : Yea I agree, because if not either Pyatt or Darche will be sent back down maybe both?
- goalie : I must say I'm impressed with ther attitude , effort and quality of play the Habs are exhibiting. I didn't think they'd pull it off this year. A playoff spot is certainly there for the taking. WAY TO GO BOYS and KEEP IT UP. Thius is a whole lot better team for the fans to be cheering on also!!!
- rocky : He has no DESIRE out there and that is such a killer when every other guy out there is really playing hard as hell.
- rocky : In my mind we would lose nothing whatsoever by sitting him and giving a rookie a shot. Especially when Cammalari returns.
- Senet1 : yea really, just when his brother starts to play well he disappears completely. Is he playing injured, if so he should sit out and get well.
- rocky : Oh my god, if you are looking for negatives right now that is the place to start. He is not even trying to skate. Did you even notice him other than his badly timed penalties?
- Senet1 : I bet Hamilton could beat them anyway.
- rocky : Exactly senet, the leafs live to put out players when they are in their predictable non-playoff position. I can almost gaurantee they do it again.
- Senet1 : Something is going on in AK46's head. He has played badly before but right now his head is not even in the game?
- Senet1 : Yes I remember what they did to Koivu two years ago on the last game of the season. It might now be a bad idea to bring up Hamilton for the game.
- rocky : I agree, the missing link is Cammalari's scoring touch coupled with Bergeron on the powerplay.
- Senet1 : Once Pouliot got back and Moore was attained we finally had two lines that could be productive in all aspects of the game. If we could get Cammy back so that our second line had more offence 5on5 we will be tough to beat.
- rocky : What scares me about the leafs is every time we play them in a situation like this one of our top guys gets hurt. We should sit the stars for that game...just kidding.
- rocky : Character guys like Gionta, Metropolit, Moen, and Moore are making this team look like a playoff contender. The Moore and Pouliot deals changed the plot this year.
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November 22, 2008 pm30 8:27 pm
Maybe this will finally take the stanley cup drought off of us now. This needed to be done. Growing up patrick was one of my favorite players and you always knew the team had a chance to win when he was in nets. The team was never the same since he left and now maybe our fortunes will change now that number 33 in hanging in the bell. Lets hope the bad karma has been lifted and we once again will compete for number 25
November 22, 2008 pm30 9:29 pm
I was 12 in 93 and have never forgotten through all of the drama of 95 just how much Patrick meant to all Canadiens fans during his decade in Montreal. A great celebration for those of us who idolized the man when he wore the bleu, blanc et rouge. Good first period too!
November 23, 2008 pm30 1:15 pm
Tuned in last night to check the Habs’ pulse. A nice celebration for Roy no doubt, but unfortunately, this team is still broken.
I sure hope that they’re fixed by the time the real season begins in January/February.
Incidentally, I’ve never said a single negative word about Carbonneau to this point but I’m not so sure that he knows what the hell he’s doing let alone how to fix this team. An uninspired, disinterested and dismal Alexei Kovalev gets rewarded with not only ice time in overtime but with a shot in the shootout as well? What exactly were the expectations there?
Oh, and Laraque? You can’t just have a conversation with your target and give him a slap on the wrist, you have to put him through the ice as well. :-/
November 24, 2008 pm30 3:23 pm
I thought the team played “better” against the Bruins, but they have zero offensive confidence right now. I liked 33 shots, although I can’t understand why Montreal has strayed away from what made them successful last year on the PP. Getting a big blast from Markov is useless unless he hits the net or makes a pass to someone in front of the net. Secondly, where is the backdoor pass that was so effective last season? Montreal’s offensive passing has been reduced to blindly throwing the puck at a teammate regardless of whether or not he is covered. The Habs need to simplify their PP, and throw pucks at the net with guys going in for cheap rebounds.. Its the only way that they’ll be able to snap out of their offensive funk. Way too early to lose sleep over their play though.
November 24, 2008 pm30 4:08 pm
They had 33 shots on goal but they probably could have had 53. Far too many times did I witness a Montreal player in excellent shooting position looking for the pass. It’s well documented now – ‘100% of the time that you don’t shoot the puck it won’t go in’ – Gretzky et al.
Far more concerning though, did the cancer which plagued Ottawa’s locker room last season somehow become airborne and find its way to Montreal? It certainly seems that way right now.
Meanwhile, they’re 11-5-3 and I’m complaining. Things could be a lot worse. After all, if they were to win as few as three games in a row, they’d again be sitting amongst the league’s best, or rather amongst the league’s second best as the Sharks are in a league of their own this season.
January 4, 2009 pm30 11:15 pm
I was 16 when i got to see patrick and the canadiens play the pittsburgh penguins and to this day Patrick will without a doubt be the most interesting and active goaltenders to play the game. Watching the canadiens today they do not seem to have the passion they did from 1986 !