Favorite Habs player of all time that wasn't 'A Star'

[VilleEmardHabs]

What's your favorite Habs player off all time that wasn't a star. And why!
Petr Svoboda is my all time favorite player.
In 1984 at age 10, I played ice hockey for Saint-Jean-de-Matha and was given a jersey with the number 25. Looked who had the number 25 on the Habs and everything else is history.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

Oleg Petrov

because he was so spectacular. If a hummingbird played hockey, it would look like Oleg Petrov.

 

[Kikizaz]

Radek Bonk. He taught me that it isn't about flash, he was just a big sound Centre.

 

[Ezpz]

Roman Hamrlik recently.

 

[Born in 1909]

Not that he was a favorite, but the Mike Keane 'throw in' 20 years ago was brutal.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Mike Komisarek.

Oh wait.

 

[slybel]

Mike McPhee!!!

 

[jaffy27]

Shayne Corson....but if he's considered a star then it's Lyle Odelein

 

[Tacos]

Always has been Chris Nilan

 

[TennisMenace]

Turner Stevenson

 

[Richiebottles]

James Wisniewski

He was with us for like half a season but still was one of my favourite players.

 

[googlymoogly]

Craig Ludwig the shot blocking wizard.

 

[OldCraig71]

Lyle Odelin for me, solid beast of a hitter, decent D and great scrapper.

 

[habdynasty]

Always has been Chris Nilan

Same here, he always stood up for his teammates .

 

[Pricef*]

Rick Green. A hugely underrated defenseman

 

[MXD]

Another "vote" for Lyle Odelein. My favorite Hab of all-time is Mats Naslund (which is probably extremely frequent in my demographic group) but I think he can legitimately be considered a star for our purposes.
Amongst more "recent" players, Robert Lang.

 

[11Goat11]

Another "vote" for Lyle Odelein. My favorite Hab of all-time is Mats Naslund (which is probably extremely frequent in my demographic group) but I think he can legitimately be considered a star for our purposes.
Amongst more "recent" players, Robert Lang.

Came to post Odelein as well, I have his jersey and when I play pick up hockey everyone loves it. Underrated tough as nails defencemen.

Petrov is another good one, I bet he would have flourished if he played most of his career in the post lockout NHL with less clutch and grabbing.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Probably Guy Carbonneau if he counts as 'not a star'.

 

[habamillions]

richard zednik for me. those playoff games against the bruins were great.

 

[Bob b smith]

Russ Courtnall. Very fast and spectacular. Would score big goals.

 

[Crystal Met]

martin rucinsky
Radek bonk
Glen metropolit

 

[dutchy29]

Paul Dipietro, or Mike Keane The type of clutch play and heart you need to win it all.
Maybe the modern day version of these guys would be Weise and Gallagher.

 

[MagicalDeck]

Cristobal Huet. He wasn't a star goalie but he was so solid for us for a few seasons.

 

[SquiddFX]

For me growing up it was Richard Zednik.

 

[Clumsyhab]

For me growing up it was Richard Zednik.

+1. Not the best talent but managed to score a good amount of goals.