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by Paul on 12/15/07 at 08:22 AM ET
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from Red Fisher of the Montreal Gazette,
They’re back, so once again you can expect to hear about the Canadiens-Maple Leafs “rivalry.” The Rocket and everyone wearing a Leafs sweater. Eddie Shack and any Canadien who was within a stick-length of him. Dickie Moore and Frank Mahovlich.
“Hey, remember the time Dickie led a charge off the Canadiens bench after the Big M intentiallly shot the puck into Henri Richard’s face?” That was then and this is now - so what rivalry? The rivalry as we knew it was at its height in the six-team league and continued after the NHL’s first expansion and into the 1970s. Since then, it has gone the way of the grus Americana.
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I agree with Red. The Habs-Leafs rivalry used to mean something. Now, it’s just two mediocre teams flailing away at each other, their glaring weaknesses exposed for all to see.
The Senators and Canucks are Canada’s teams this season and the only ones worth cheering for.
I’ll always be a Habs fan, but I’m not cheering on this year’s bunch as clearly there’s still a long road ahead to get back to respectability. After waiting a decade for this team to crawl out of the pit of mediocrity they’ve been wallowing in, I’m out of patience. Wake me when you get better.
Hopefully, the Habs won’t be wallowing as long as the Leafs have. At least Montreal has colour photos of their last Cup parade!
Posted by Lyle Richardson from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada on 12/15/07 at 10:22 AM ET