HF Habs: A thread for the old fart that we are, 50 years old and counting, younger guy's feel free to chip in too

[Habs]

Yeah I was born in 95 so I've never seen anything impressive , aside from CP31

I was seriously so miserable in the 90's watching this team, I'm a treat now compared to those days. I used to get booted from the AOL chatrooms in the mid-late 90's so often they actually cancelled my monthly membership

If you ever check out Spector's Hockey blog, he and I were like the OG's of the Montreal Message board on AOL! Yikes!

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yeah I was born in 95 so I've never seen anything impressive , aside from CP31

Since Roy it’s been a wasteland. We had a window in the 2010s but brought in the exact wrong GM who brought in the exact wrong coach. Subban and Price were HOF caliber players and we had a good support group. We weren’t far off. But of course… we f***ed it up.

At least Price took us to a finals. He’s a blue chip HOFer. But he’s the only one we’ve had (apart from player pits stops) in that time.

 

[vokiel]

Chipping in I'm not there yet, only ~3 more years to go. I'm kinda fed up, I just want to build a log cabin.

 

[Tyson]

I grew up hearing stories from my dad about the 50's teams while witnessing the entire 70's. Man it was a special time to be a Habs fan.

 

[Scintillating10]

Former Hab Rick Green was on Habs Inside Out other day. He was #1 overall pick in 1976. His signing bonus was $25,000. He went to buy a Cadillac. The dealer said he would get more girls with a Corvette. So first thing he bought was brand new Corvette for $6,800.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

I remember getting mad at some of my friends in the 80s that became bangwagoners cheering for the Islanders or Oilers when they started winning championships. I was a teen and figured you don't turn your back on your team cause you go through a few years without winning anything, didn't expect it to last 3 decades and now too far down the rabbit hole to back out and cheer for anyone else.

I really don't understand how anyone under the age of 30 would be a Habs fan though, must be hereditary