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No Way To Treat A Star
by Paul on 11/06/09 at 10:14 PM ET
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from Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette,
Lafleur and Roy were the last two of what could be called the iconic players of the most legendary franchise in the game. While the Canadiens have had whole buckets full of stars and Hall of Famers, there have been no more than five towering figures who made the team what it is today.
Howie Morenz. Rocket Richard. Jean Béliveau. Guy Lafleur. Patrick Roy. They were the players who in their day electrified an entire province and reached such status that it was possible, with a straight face, to call the Forum St. Patrick’s Cathedral. If hockey is a religion in Quebec, these men are its high priests.
And three of them – Richard, Lafleur and Roy – saw their careers ended in a sad, bungled fashion.
The Rocket left at a desk without a job, until he walked out to make his living selling fishing line and heating oil.
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