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  • Patrick Roy #33 Retired
    By Habs Blog on November 22, 2008 | 6 Comments6 Comments  Comments

    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 lead carry 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.

  • Changeup
    By Habs Blog on November 20, 2008 | 9 Comments9 Comments  Comments

    The Habs haven’t been too convincing as of late.

    Tonight they visit the Senators, whom they handled fairly easily last week and came away with a 4-0 win. Confidence should not be an issue, should it?

    New lines for tonight:

    Latendresse - Koivu - Tanguay
    Higgins - Plekanec - Kovalev
    A.Kostitsyn - Lang - Kostopoulous
    Laraques - Begin - S. Kostitsyn