i'm going to loathe them through my next dozen incarnations.Rivalry of the last decade???? Nope. Rivalry of all time? You bet your ass I will loathe them until I die
I just meant the video is about the late 2000s to todayish.Rivalry of the last decade???? Nope. Rivalry of all time? You bet your ass I will loathe them until I die
I just meant the video is about the late 2000s to todayish.
From 2009-2014 in particular my hate for that team is and was unrivaled. I’ve mellowed on Montreal since they’re mostly irrelevant and far more difficult to hate than they were then.
Funny thing... whenever the rivalry “cools off,” it doesn’t take much at all for the hatred to flare up again. One series; one game; one play - it doesn’t matter. The venom is always there. Just beneath the surface...
they haven't been holding up their end of the bargain, at least since the series of a thousand goal postsLast 5 years has been pretty lame.
They have an approximate 75%-25% edge in playoff series won all-time. If the Canadiens never beat the Bruins again it wouldn’t bother me in the least.they haven't been holding up their end of the bargain, at least since the series of a thousand goal posts
My hatred for the Habs hit its peak (so far) with in the '04 series when Ribeiro faked being hurt to get a whistle when the B's had the puck. Losing to them in the first round for the second time in 3 years while being the better team was sooooo frustrating
they haven't been holding up their end of the bargain, at least since the series of a thousand goal posts
1988 and 1992 the Habs were the higher seed.That 2004 series does get enough attention IMO. And I was around in 1971 and 1979. The Bruins were up 3-1 in that '04 series, with 2 of the remaining games at home. They also had a very legitimate shot at the cup - in fact Phil Esposito has been quoted as saying that the team that Tampa really worried about that year was Boston. They had loaded up at the deadline with Gonchar and Nylander, and were clearly the better team than the Habs. But of course the Habs had to make feces on my April cornflakes yet again.
2014 was also really bad. So in my lifetime I would put the order of Habs playoff horror as:
1979
1971
2014
2004
This thread also seems to be an appropriate place for a question I've always had: as Bruins fans, we can cite many examples of how the Habs beat the Bruins in the playoffs, while being underdogs (in some cases severe underdogs, like in 1971....UGH). But I can't really point to a series the Bruins won against MTL when they were underdogs. Anybody think of one?
Montreal Canadians = malaria
A comparison I can stand behind 100%
1988 and 1992 the Habs were the higher seed.
AFAIK Montreal was always the better team or considered to be the better team. Maybe the Orr years would have been a possible exception?
Thought there should of been more Bruins dominance in there (like the Horton OT winner)and I was a little disappointed of it saying Pacioretty was a physical presence, and that Ference gave the middle finger when it was clearly a glove malfunction.
That 2004 series does get enough attention IMO. And I was around in 1971 and 1979. The Bruins were up 3-1 in that '04 series, with 2 of the remaining games at home. They also had a very legitimate shot at the cup - in fact Phil Esposito has been quoted as saying that the team that Tampa really worried about that year was Boston. They had loaded up at the deadline with Gonchar and Nylander, and were clearly the better team than the Habs. But of course the Habs had to make feces on my April cornflakes yet again.
2014 was also really bad. So in my lifetime I would put the order of Habs playoff horror as:
1979
1971
2014
2004
This thread also seems to be an appropriate place for a question I've always had: as Bruins fans, we can cite many examples of how the Habs beat the Bruins in the playoffs, while being underdogs (in some cases severe underdogs, like in 1971....UGH). But I can't really point to a series the Bruins won against MTL when they were underdogs. Anybody think of one?
AFAIK Montreal was always the better team or considered to be the better team. Maybe the Orr years would have been a possible exception?