Players who's stint you expected to be longer

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Perezhogin
Hossa
Higgins
Kostitsyn
O'Byrne
Chipchura
Lats
Ryan White
McDonagh
Subban
Kristo
Leblanc
Mac Bennett
Dietz
Galchenyuk
Hudon
Scherbak
Juulsen
Sergachev
Mete
Josh Brook
KK
Harris
Norlinder

Are you kidding?

The list should be :
Roy
Keane
Turgeon
Conroy
Damphousse
McDonagh
Beauchemin
Subban
Sergachev
Radulov
Markov
Perry
Danault
Kovasevic

+ some others ...

 

[beowulf]

Which player in team history did you expect to stick around for longer than they did:
I'll start
Higgins
Komisarek
Lapierre

Which Higgins Matt or Chris lol

I really thought Segachev would be a #1 D for the Habs for years but alas I didn't on the dumb moves of a certain GM.

 

[OldCraig71]

Sean Monahan hasn't been mentioned, and he would have made a big difference this season if he were healthy. I know the injury issues will always plague him but as a center, I like how he played the game.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Damphousse and Kovalev.

 

[Nicko999]

Markov. I was already pissed enough the Subban trade. After the General wasn't resigned, I told myself I wouldn't watch the Habs again until this cancerous management was shown the door.

 

[ashtraygirl]

Robert Lang

 

[Legend123]

Subban felt like a career Hab. I felt he was ripped out of Montreal prematurely and we haven't healed from that yet -- I have a feeling Hutson is the guy who will help us turn the page.

Wdym? Healing?

It was a fantastic trade

 

[vokiel]

Beauchemin
Ribeiro
Leblanc
Subban
Tinordi
Romanov

To name a few, because there are lots.

 

[Tyson]

Damphousse and Kovalev.

Gainey couldn't keep Kovalev he wanted to build a team of smurfs.

 

[Tyson]

Markov deserved more respect by management and should have played his 1000th game.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

With the way Therrien/Bergevin loved Davey Desharnais, I was shocked he didn't spend his entire career here.

 

[Habs13]

Ilya Kovalchuk
Corey Perry

 

[Chadstudsky]

Sergei Kostitsyn. I bought his jersey after his amazing rookie season. Was my favourite player that year. Still the only hab jersey I ever bought. Tried to buy Demidov last year and it was sold out.

 

[Vachon23]

There's a long list, but one I really would have liked to keep and was quickly forgotten was James Wisniewski

I really liked the Wiz ! Was sad when we didn’t resign him.

 

[overlords]

When we traded for him, I expected Tanguay to be around for a while.

 

[Kojo]

Are you kidding?

The list should be :
Roy
Keane
Turgeon
Conroy
Damphousse
McDonagh
Beauchemin
Subban
Sergachev
Radulov
Markov
Perry
Danault
Kovasevic

+ some others ...

I never liked Turgeon, unless you meant Sylvain Turgeon. Your list is missing Kovalchuk and Kovalev.

Not sure if he's been mentioned yet but I thought Vanek would stick around a little bit longer.

 

[GrandBison]

Smith-Pelley and Pouliot were real deals in my innocent mind of the time.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

I never liked Turgeon, unless you meant Sylvain Turgeon. Your list is missing Kovalchuk and Kovalev.

Not sure if he's been mentioned yet but I thought Vanek would stick around a little bit longer.

Pierre Turgeon scored 38 goals and 98 pts for us and all hockey experts says his trade was a mistake. He had 74, 68, 65, 66 and 82 pts after he left Mtl. Not bad at all., Kovalchuck was old and Kovalev too. Kovalev was so and so after he left Habs. Vanek didn't want to sign here but yes he could be on the list.

 

[Skip Bayless]

Casey DeSmith

 

[Skip Bayless]

Smith-Pelley and Pouliot were real deals in my innocent mind of the time.

That's such a classic HFHabs trope though.

Reclamation project has a sequence of 5 pts in 10 games. He's now a potential top 6 player, we found a diamond in the rough.

 

[GrandBison]

That's such a classic HFHabs trope though.

Reclamation project has a sequence of 5 pts in 10 games. He's now a potential top 6 player, we found a diamond in the rough.

These big guys with all the tools but no hockey sense...

 

[schwang26]

I’m not sure about including guys who had long careers but were traded. I think it should just be short careers.

Galchenyuk and Komi for me. I know they were traded, but they never followed up on the great seasons they had with the Habs. I seriously thought Komi would be a defensive beast for us. Luckily he followed the money and was never the same.