BLONG7
Registered User
MT coddled DD for years, and it was at the expense of Eller not being given PP time, and better linemates. At one point, DD was 45-50 games without a PP goal and was still first over the boards for PP's so yes, he was given the world over and over...when he left for other teams, he did nothing, when he was no longer coddled.............all Eller did was go on to score a Cup winning goal.After 2016 the team (along with most fans) wanted to move on from both DD and Eller. There was never any Eller vs DD pissing contest, I don't know why you are inventing one now. And DD played with a few other organizations after the Habs. He was a good NHL player and he earned his contract, and he got stale by the end which happens to everybody. He was not in a privileged situation, he was not handed anything because he was French - that's just a bunch of hate-infused anti-French paranoia.
Don't get me wrong, DD was a little guy, who had some talent, but also received a ton of preferential treatment, as a Hab, by a moron of a coach.