In part 2 of the interview Paul Romanuk has a chat with Patrick who's suddenly been traded to the Colorado Avalanche. Be A Player - The Hockey Show 1995
I watched the game on TV. The coach left him in to be humiliated. I agreed with his decision. He had more pride in his game and more balls than any player in any sport I've watched. He was the best.
Before the game, former stars from the two clubs were introduced: Marcel Pronovost and Mickey Redmond for the Wings, Bernard ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion and Maurice Richard for the Canadiens. The Rocket received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes. Then the whirlwind was unleashed. By the end of the first period, Detroit already led 5-1. Patrick couldn’t blame himself for any of the goals. Three of them were scored while the Canadiens were killing penalties, one of them with a two-man disadvantage near the end of the period, when Patrice Brisebois was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct while one of his teammates was already in the box. Every goal was a fine piece of work that Patrick was powerless to stop. It was probably a good time to change goalies. If Francois Allaire had been there, that’s what he would have recommended. But he wasn’t, and Mario Tremblay still believed his team had a chance to catch up. It’s hard to blame a rookie coach for being overconfident.
The trade that will forever kill the Habs! Patrick Roy could have engineered another Habs Dynasty had Montreal would have just shrugged off Roy's frustration from getting shelled by the Red Wings. By winning 2 more Stanley Cups in Colorado, Patrick Roy really marked his Legacy in the NHL as one of the Elite Goaltenders of All-Time. The Avalanche would have NEVER won those Cups in 1996 and 2001 without Patrick Roy!
@@daveyboy_ Why would’ve they done something as stupid as that? The Conn Smythe Award Winner of their previous Stanley Cup, in his prime, and those idiot Canadiens wanted to dump him?
@@Jiltedin2007 Cause his time was done in Mtl. They wanted to trade him b4 the 93 season . Then he put a bit of a cramp in their plans be winning the cup - then they had to give him a raise -. By 95 Savard & Pierre Lacroix had the wheels in motion to trade Owen Nolan for Roy . They even getting the paperwork finalized But then Savard got fired. Then Houle gave him away for a bag of pucks
Before the game, former stars from the two clubs were introduced: Marcel Pronovost and Mickey Redmond for the Wings, Bernard ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion and Maurice Richard for the Canadiens. The Rocket received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes. Then the whirlwind was unleashed. By the end of the first period, Detroit already led 5-1. Patrick couldn’t blame himself for any of the goals. Three of them were scored while the Canadiens were killing penalties, one of them with a two-man disadvantage near the end of the period, when Patrice Brisebois was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct while one of his teammates was already in the box. Every goal was a fine piece of work that Patrick was powerless to stop. It was probably a good time to change goalies. If Francois Allaire had been there, that’s what he would have recommended. But he wasn’t, and Mario Tremblay still believed his team had a chance to catch up. It’s hard to blame a rookie coach for being overconfident. At the very least, it was necessary to limit the humiliation on a Saturday night at the Forum. When the second period began, there were two minutes and 39 seconds remaining in Brisebois’ penalty. Detroit cashed in on the man advantage. Slava Kozlov, left alone in front of the net, knocked in his third goal on a clever pass from Igor Larionov. The score was 6-1. In Tremblay’s position, Scotty Bowman would not have waited any longer to switch goalies: “I usually waited till the fifth goal, depending on the game and the score,” Bowman later replied when asked about his strategy in similar circumstances. About that particular game, he added: “We consistently controlled the puck. That was one of the best performances in my (nine-year) association with the Wings.” Detroit was unstoppable that evening. On the blueline, the Habs were springing leaks all over the place, and the game was out of control. Despite that, Tremblay still didn’t pull Patrick. That’s what led to the drama that was about to take place. At 4:33, young Mathieu Dandenault went in on a breakaway on Patrick and misfired, but the puck got stuck in his equipment. He kept on skating and the puck entered the net. A lucky goal, but that made the score 7-1. Steve Shutt, up on the catwalk, headphones on, yelled to Cournoyer, standing next to Tremblay behind the bench: “You’ve got to pull Patrick out of the game now.” Patrick looked toward the bench in desperation. No reaction. He saw Yvan Cournoyer talking to Tremblay, who didn’t budge. About two minutes after the goal, Sergei Fedorov let rip a bullet from the blueline, which Patrick handled easily. Some of the fans applauded mockingly. Exasperated and defenseless, Patrick threw up his arms in hopelessness. The game looked like a meeting between the Red Army and the Fredericton Canadiens of the AHL, and Patrick was paying the price. He looked to the bench again. Tremblay still didn’t make a move. Play resumed. Every time Patrick made a save, the crowd cheered in derision. Finally, Bowman sent his fourth line into the melee. But briefly. Keith Primeau fed a beautiful pass to Greg Johnson, alone in front of the goal. Now it was 8-1. Patrick stopped looking to his coach. He understood he was being punished and humiliated. They’d abandoned him. Discouraged, he shook his head in disgust. At the bench, Tremblay, apparently thinking the punishment had lasted just about long enough, instructed backup goalie Pat Jablonski to get ready. Slowly. Very slowly. So slowly in fact, that nearly two minutes later, Fedorov had time to score another goal at point blank range from the slot - the ninth goal on Patrick. He couldn’t be blamed for any of the goals, except perhaps Dandenault’s tally on a breakaway, on which Patrick had bad luck. Jablonski finally came in to replace him. Patrick leaned his stick against the wall in the corridor and handed his mask and gloves to Pierre Gervais. He walked by Tremblay on the way to the backup goalie’s stool. Once again, he was trying to extend a hand. He would have at least expected Tremblay to make some sympathetic gesture, as coaches normally do when they pull a goalie. He would have liked a sign of encouragement, anything; a pat on the back, like the one Tremblay had given Vincent Damphousse before the game. There was nothing. Patrick realized that it didn’t make sense anymore. It couldn’t go on like that. He turned around and walked past Tremblay again. Still nothing. Not only did Tremblay not react, he stood stock still with his arms crossed, nose in the air, looking scornful. Patrick got it. It was the end. He realized it. Later, he would say: “If I’d had some word of support from Mario Tremblay, if I’d felt that he wanted to help me, I wouldn’t have gone to see Ronald Corey. That’s when it hit me.” He approached Ronald Corey, sitting right behind the bench, and told him: “I’ve just played my last game with the Canadiens.” He passed by Tremblay again, who hadn’t changed expression, sat down on the bench and yelled to him: “You heard me!”
I was about 13 or so when I came face to face with my idol. Mr Roy. This was back in the day when they had to walk through the fans to the bus. So, after the game, Montreal Forum, In the commotion I was there as he walked up to the bus and held out my card for him to sign. His bag got caught between myself and another fan and he pissedly ripped it forward. being a kid my idol died that day and then moreso after the Detroit fiasco. Looking back I could not have had a better idol. Thank you Patrick, for teaching me that Its not wrong to hate losing. LOL "Saint Patrick of not losing but not avoiding being a total deuch either"
I would have done the same as Patrick in his situation. If the coach keeps me in the net after I've let 8 goals that's just stupid and I wouldn't want to play for that coach anymore.
I'm a Hab fan and am always curious if we would have won another cup since then if the "fans" wouldn't have jeered Roy in this game. As well, if Tremblay would have been a real coach. Aside from not relieving Roy sooner, his folded arms and arrogant non-verbal messages to Roy when he came back to the bench were brutal. Likely a contributing factor to Roy immediately going over to tell Corey it was his last game as a Hab.
coopergaffe We may never know for sure, but I think there was something personal between the two. I will always appreciate Tremblay's great contribution to many Hab Cups as a player. He was a key part of many great teams...and he set up Lambert for the game 7 OT winning goal in the '79 playoffs against Cherry and the Bruins. But I still think Roy would have stayed with the Habs if not for his poor coaching.
+coopergaffe Roy and Tremblay, who had roomed together while playing together, had a notably strained relationship, with Tremblay regularly mocking Roy's English-speaking abilities. Roy was a frequent target of Tremblay during the latter's sports radio career.[12] The two had almost come to blows in two incidents in 1995, one at a Long Island coffee shop before Tremblay was announced as a coach and after Tremblay allegedly fired a shot at Roy's throat during practice.
Not true. What happened was Roy tried to sleep with Tremblays gay son and Tremblay couldn't accept it. Tremblay needed an excuse to get Roy away from his gay son so he harassed him as any good father would.
After Patrick Roy left Montreal the Habs haven't been the same since. It's too bad because the Habs probably would have 27-28 Stanley cups instead of 25 :(. I hope Price can turn into the All star goalie habs fans know he is and Win the first cup in 19 years. It's been too long!
Worst trade in nhl history. Changed the history of the team. Colorado onto winning two more cups and Montreal put out to pasture. They cost themselves championships by trading him.
pk, unfortunately had to go,, for his own good as a player cause mtl wasn't helping him. mtl at that time was a disaster and continues to be thru bad management
I agree! The Detroit Red Army was so good to win 4 Stanley Cups after a very long 42 year drought. Throw in Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom with "The Russian 5", you can see what made Detroit "Hockeytown".
I like the Hasek/Roy thing LOL. Both are two of my favorite goalies. But one thing that is not true is that Roy was not a piece of shit. He was a 4 time cup winner and the only 3 time Conn Smythe winner. He had a right to blame the coach because he humiliated Roy. Imagine if you wanted to be pulled because you were having a shitty night, but the coach didn't let just so he can humiliate you. It would suck right? Yes it would.
Reporter keeps forgetting the AVS players were Quebec Nordiques🤣🤣🤣..I'm shock that Patrick didn't reply by saying..well Quecbec amd Montreal always were against each other😁😁
As A Habs Fan!! When I Hear/See Patrick Roy I Think The "Colorado Avalanche"!!! He Also Looked Good In A AVS Jersey 100% 💯 Montreal Canadiens Will Not Win A Stanley Cup Until Patrick Roy Dies!!! Or In 33 Years From The Day He Was Traded!!! 💯
@andrewface, They didn't have much choice, Roy swore he'd never play for the Canadiens again, getting something for Roy was better then just letting him leave.
Yea they would have , you look at the players they had , they could of had a washing machine in goal and still won , Fiset was a solid goalie for them who could have won those cups as well.
You guys know something I find really ironical? Roy's last game in montreal was vs the red wings, the same franchise (and essentially the same players) he'll feud later...... was it fate?
roy a great player goalie. but. an arrogant ego big baby. i spent hours with this man. when he went to the corrie and told him i spent my last game in montreal. and he sat on the bench. if i was the gm and coach i wouldve said ok youre done get off my bench and pack your bags get out of my arena. and interesting to say......... that colorado despite playing in colorado now and not quebec. ive been with and talked to true born montreal players. putting on an arch rival jersey like quebec or even colorado is so pressuring.
I'm curious cause I was very little when this happened, his did the fans feel about Roy after the trade? Was there hate towards him or towards the organization? Or both?
The Red Wings and Devils played in different conferences and thus did not play as often as Detroit played Colorado. If they did then yes, the Red Wings were good enough to have Martin Brodeur pulled.
uhh huh. and did he accept in 2009? dude please stop fighting with me on this. so what I've said might not be 100% factual. Get over yourself. He's been asked and refused presumably twice. and I"m sure they've hinted at an offer more than on one occasion.
Marty deserved the conn smythe in 2003, but everyone was blind sided by giguere playing good out of no where. Marty had 3 shutouts just in that series. come on
Montreal was only good back in the day because they wouldn't let anybody else in the league have any French Canadians. Henri and Maurice, Cournoyer, Beliveau.
you're a bit exagerating. Hextall was a dick and Forsberg was injured all the time. Disregarding the concussions, Lindros was one of the best in the 90's. Numbers speak for themselves. I was a Nordiques fan and I am still dreaming of Lindros with Quebec on the same powerplay with Sakic.
Can you imagine if Roy was not hall of fame worthy? I mean like him being a reliable starter, just not a legend. He would be good, but his personality would've sent him packing. He has a good work ethic, but I feel like his outspoken personality would translate into rudeness.
I’m a diehard Red Wings fan. And the Red Wings were the team that peppered him in that game that caused that trade, and really began that rivalry with Colorado, (Quebec if you want to be technical)I can honestly say he’s not overrated at all. He’s probably the best goalie to play the game.
And I think the reason he didn't get pulled sooner in that Detroit / Montreal game, was because the six goals he let in weren't bad goals. I think they were giving him the benefit of the doubt until then. If he had been letting in sloppy goals the whole time I would question why they didn't pull him sooner. But I also get his frustration for being left in there like that
I watched the game on TV. The coach left him in to be humiliated. I agreed with his decision. He had more pride in his game and more balls than any player in any sport I've watched. He was the best.
Before the game, former stars from the two clubs were introduced: Marcel Pronovost and Mickey Redmond for the Wings, Bernard ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion and Maurice Richard for the Canadiens. The Rocket received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes. Then the whirlwind was unleashed. By the end of the first period, Detroit already led 5-1. Patrick couldn’t blame himself for any of the goals. Three of them were scored while the Canadiens were killing penalties, one of them with a two-man disadvantage near the end of the period, when Patrice Brisebois was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct while one of his teammates was already in the box. Every goal was a fine piece of work that Patrick was powerless to stop.
It was probably a good time to change goalies. If Francois Allaire had been there, that’s what he would have recommended. But he wasn’t, and Mario Tremblay still believed his team had a chance to catch up. It’s hard to blame a rookie coach for being overconfident.
GOAT ! #33! Best goaltender I have ever witnessed in my live!
Life
Marty waves you a hello
Hasek
Great goaltender
1996 and 2001 cup champs..love it.
"Patrick whoa"
More like Patricia WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!
The trade that will forever kill the Habs!
Patrick Roy could have engineered another Habs Dynasty had Montreal would have just shrugged off Roy's frustration from getting shelled by the Red Wings. By winning 2 more Stanley Cups in Colorado, Patrick Roy really marked his Legacy in the NHL as one of the Elite Goaltenders of All-Time.
The Avalanche would have NEVER won those Cups in 1996 and 2001 without Patrick Roy!
@The Monster Under Your Bed
Yeah, in Montreal perhaps. Right?
No - Mtl. wanted to get rid of him b4.
@@daveyboy_
Why would’ve they done something as stupid as that? The Conn Smythe Award Winner of their previous Stanley Cup, in his prime, and those idiot Canadiens wanted to dump him?
@@Jiltedin2007 Cause his time was done in Mtl. They wanted to trade him b4 the 93 season . Then he put a bit of a cramp in their plans be winning the cup - then they had to give him a raise -. By 95 Savard & Pierre Lacroix had the wheels in motion to trade Owen Nolan for Roy . They even getting the paperwork finalized
But then Savard got fired. Then Houle gave him away for a bag of pucks
@@Jiltedin2007my memory was he was going to be traded anyway
Roy is THE MANNN!!! The best goaltender ever!
100% confidence! I respect that
Before the game, former stars from the two clubs were introduced: Marcel Pronovost and Mickey Redmond for the Wings, Bernard ‘Boom Boom’ Geoffrion and Maurice Richard for the Canadiens. The Rocket received a standing ovation that lasted several minutes. Then the whirlwind was unleashed. By the end of the first period, Detroit already led 5-1. Patrick couldn’t blame himself for any of the goals. Three of them were scored while the Canadiens were killing penalties, one of them with a two-man disadvantage near the end of the period, when Patrice Brisebois was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct while one of his teammates was already in the box. Every goal was a fine piece of work that Patrick was powerless to stop.
It was probably a good time to change goalies. If Francois Allaire had been there, that’s what he would have recommended. But he wasn’t, and Mario Tremblay still believed his team had a chance to catch up. It’s hard to blame a rookie coach for being overconfident. At the very least, it was necessary to limit the humiliation on a Saturday night at the Forum. When the second period began, there were two minutes and 39 seconds remaining in Brisebois’ penalty. Detroit cashed in on the man advantage. Slava Kozlov, left alone in front of the net, knocked in his third goal on a clever pass from Igor Larionov. The score was 6-1. In Tremblay’s position, Scotty Bowman would not have waited any longer to switch goalies: “I usually waited till the fifth goal, depending on the game and the score,” Bowman later replied when asked about his strategy in similar circumstances. About that particular game, he added: “We consistently controlled the puck. That was one of the best performances in my (nine-year) association with the Wings.” Detroit was unstoppable that evening. On the blueline, the Habs were springing leaks all over the place, and the game was out of control. Despite that, Tremblay still didn’t pull Patrick. That’s what led to the drama that was about to take place. At 4:33, young Mathieu Dandenault went in on a breakaway on Patrick and misfired, but the puck got stuck in his equipment. He kept on skating and the puck entered the net. A lucky goal, but that made the score 7-1. Steve Shutt, up on the catwalk, headphones on, yelled to Cournoyer, standing next to Tremblay behind the bench: “You’ve got to pull Patrick out of the game now.” Patrick looked toward the bench in desperation. No reaction. He saw Yvan Cournoyer talking to Tremblay, who didn’t budge. About two minutes after the goal, Sergei Fedorov let rip a bullet from the blueline, which Patrick handled easily. Some of the fans applauded mockingly. Exasperated and defenseless, Patrick threw up his arms in hopelessness. The game looked like a meeting between the Red Army and the Fredericton Canadiens of the AHL, and Patrick was paying the price. He looked to the bench again. Tremblay still didn’t make a move. Play resumed. Every time Patrick made a save, the crowd cheered in derision. Finally, Bowman sent his fourth line into the melee. But briefly. Keith Primeau fed a beautiful pass to Greg Johnson, alone in front of the goal. Now it was 8-1. Patrick stopped looking to his coach. He understood he was being punished and humiliated. They’d abandoned him. Discouraged, he shook his head in disgust. At the bench, Tremblay, apparently thinking the punishment had lasted just about long enough, instructed backup goalie Pat Jablonski to get ready. Slowly. Very slowly. So slowly in fact, that nearly two minutes later, Fedorov had time to score another goal at point blank range from the slot - the ninth goal on Patrick. He couldn’t be blamed for any of the goals, except perhaps Dandenault’s tally on a breakaway, on which Patrick had bad luck. Jablonski finally came in to replace him. Patrick leaned his stick against the wall in the corridor and handed his mask and gloves to Pierre Gervais. He walked by Tremblay on the way to the backup goalie’s stool. Once again, he was trying to extend a hand. He would have at least expected Tremblay to make some sympathetic gesture, as coaches normally do when they pull a goalie. He would have liked a sign of encouragement, anything; a pat on the back, like the one Tremblay had given Vincent Damphousse before the game. There was nothing. Patrick realized that it didn’t make sense anymore. It couldn’t go on like that. He turned around and walked past Tremblay again. Still nothing. Not only did Tremblay not react, he stood stock still with his arms crossed, nose in the air, looking scornful. Patrick got it. It was the end. He realized it. Later, he would say: “If I’d had some word of support from Mario Tremblay, if I’d felt that he wanted to help me, I wouldn’t have gone to see Ronald Corey. That’s when it hit me.” He approached Ronald Corey, sitting right behind the bench, and told him: “I’ve just played my last game with the Canadiens.” He passed by Tremblay again, who hadn’t changed expression, sat down on the bench and yelled to him: “You heard me!”
I was about 13 or so when I came face to face with my idol. Mr Roy. This was back in the day when they had to walk through the fans to the bus. So, after the game, Montreal Forum, In the commotion I was there as he walked up to the bus and held out my card for him to sign. His bag got caught between myself and another fan and he pissedly ripped it forward. being a kid my idol died that day and then moreso after the Detroit fiasco. Looking back I could not have had a better idol. Thank you Patrick, for teaching me that Its not wrong to hate losing. LOL "Saint Patrick of not losing but not avoiding being a total deuch either"
He shouldn't apologize to the fans for that night. I'm a Montreal fan and not gonna hesitate to say those fans were being straight up assholes.
And goes on to win another cup with Colorado legend
Great goalie Patrick Roy, wtg!
Wtg?
If Jacques demers stayed never would have happened
GOAT
I would have done the same as Patrick in his situation. If the coach keeps me in the net after I've let 8 goals that's just stupid and I wouldn't want to play for that coach anymore.
Montreal fans didn't deserve Patrick Roy.
All these comments saying that he could have won another cup in Mtl. No ,.Mtl had already wanted to trade him .
Now after everything that has happened with Roy and Tremblay to see them do an Uber Eats commercial. Times have moved on.
I'm a Hab fan and am always curious if we would have won another cup since then if the "fans" wouldn't have jeered Roy in this game. As well, if Tremblay would have been a real coach. Aside from not relieving Roy sooner, his folded arms and arrogant non-verbal messages to Roy when he came back to the bench were brutal. Likely a contributing factor to Roy immediately going over to tell Corey it was his last game as a Hab.
Yeah what was Trembley's problem with Roy? I think they had some sort of beef...
coopergaffe We may never know for sure, but I think there was something personal between the two.
I will always appreciate Tremblay's great contribution to many Hab Cups as a player. He was a key part of many great teams...and he set up Lambert for the game 7 OT winning goal in the '79 playoffs against Cherry and the Bruins. But I still think Roy would have stayed with the Habs if not for his poor coaching.
+coopergaffe
Roy and Tremblay, who had roomed together while playing together, had a notably strained relationship, with Tremblay regularly mocking Roy's English-speaking abilities. Roy was a frequent target of Tremblay during the latter's sports radio career.[12] The two had almost come to blows in two incidents in 1995, one at a Long Island coffee shop before Tremblay was announced as a coach and after Tremblay allegedly fired a shot at Roy's throat during practice.
Not true. What happened was Roy tried to sleep with Tremblays gay son and Tremblay couldn't accept it. Tremblay needed an excuse to get Roy away from his gay son so he harassed him as any good father would.
I feel like 1997-98 would likely have ended with a cup for the Habs. In 2001-02, there would have been a good chance, too.
After Patrick Roy left Montreal the Habs haven't been the same since. It's too bad because the Habs probably would have 27-28 Stanley cups instead of 25 :(. I hope Price can turn into the All star goalie habs fans know he is and Win the first cup in 19 years. It's been too long!
Worst trade in nhl history. Changed the history of the team. Colorado onto winning two more cups and Montreal put out to pasture. They cost themselves championships by trading him.
@BodomConspiracy The original 6 era is the period between 1942-67.
How's that PK trade doing ya Montreal??? Seemed like another awesome trade yet again.
pk, unfortunately had to go,, for his own good as a player cause mtl wasn't helping him. mtl at that time was a disaster and continues to be thru bad management
He could still play in today's game with that oversized robot wall blocking equipment. I'm shocked he could skate in it!
Montreal was one of the best and most successful teams. When Mario Tremblay became head coach, the Montreal era began to fade.
They traded the best goal tender in the history of hockey. They still seem to be cursed! He won 2 more cups and another Conn Smythe
SKEEERS
I agree! The Detroit Red Army was so good to win 4 Stanley Cups after a very long 42 year drought. Throw in Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom with "The Russian 5", you can see what made Detroit "Hockeytown".
I like the Hasek/Roy thing LOL. Both are two of my favorite goalies. But one thing that is not true is that Roy was not a piece of shit. He was a 4 time cup winner and the only 3 time Conn Smythe winner. He had a right to blame the coach because he humiliated Roy. Imagine if you wanted to be pulled because you were having a shitty night, but the coach didn't let just so he can humiliate you. It would suck right? Yes it would.
He's a great player, but an asshole.
@BreastsInspector Mario Tremblay was an idiot as a coach,you're right!He wasn't as people oriented as his players.
Reporter keeps forgetting the AVS players were Quebec Nordiques🤣🤣🤣..I'm shock that Patrick didn't reply by saying..well Quecbec amd Montreal always were against each other😁😁
As A Habs Fan!! When I Hear/See Patrick Roy I Think The "Colorado Avalanche"!!! He Also Looked Good In A AVS Jersey 100% 💯
Montreal Canadiens Will Not Win A Stanley Cup Until Patrick Roy Dies!!! Or In 33 Years From The Day He Was Traded!!! 💯
@HeyYo101 They've offered. He's refused. More than once.
@andrewface, They didn't have much choice, Roy swore he'd never play for the Canadiens again, getting something for Roy was better then just letting him leave.
2009 was the 100th years of the habs...they didnt called him for a coaching or gm job.
Yea they would have , you look at the players they had , they could of had a washing machine in goal and still won , Fiset was a solid goalie for them who could have won those cups as well.
you said that he refused more than once... yesterday he said that the last time the habs called was in 2009
he said multiple time that if the habs call he's gonna listen...
Did you see the players we gave up? It seemed good then but 10 years later the nordiques/avalanche used all those players to win the cup twice.
And Oates hasn't been fired?
@andrewface you cant blame him for wanting to be traded
You guys know something I find really ironical? Roy's last game in montreal was vs the red wings, the same franchise (and essentially the same players) he'll feud later...... was it fate?
@DruMmMeuR No, a bigger shame goes to Rejean Houle! As a General Manager, you need to know your team, and how to solve the problems of your team!
So Coach Mario Tremblay screwed Roy? If the coach pulled him out early do you think Roy would of stayed in Montreal?
@andrewface he didnt want to play for the habs again after that game
the worst trade in hockey time was how mush phili gave nordiques for Lindros. They gave half the team and money for a concussion addict:)
@andrewface 2 words: Mario, Tremblay
And yet, the avalanche won the 1996 Stanley Cup... That's what really counts!
@mikeyduf what? we are in second round againts penguins
Worst trade ever made by the ch
Do you think he wanted to stay after that horrible loss against the Red Wings? The Wings won 11-1.
TheLordSnowbro 12-1 I think
+Zweihander they should of took him out after letting in 4 goals.
Canadien never went nowhere with out him as of today the canadien loss a lot
It is going to be like trading Babe Ruth from the Red Sox, the canadians will not win another stanley cup for a while.
roy a great player goalie. but. an arrogant ego big baby. i spent hours with this man. when he went to the corrie and told him i spent my last game in montreal. and he sat on the bench. if i was the gm and coach i wouldve said ok youre done get off my bench and pack your bags get out of my arena. and interesting to say......... that colorado despite playing in colorado now and not quebec. ive been with and talked to true born montreal players. putting on an arch rival jersey like quebec or even colorado is so pressuring.
Mad respect for Roy,,, But Marty's Better!!!
Let me help you finish that sentence. "But Marty's better" defense in front of him.
Listen, does not automatically mean accept the offer. You don't have to go around bashing people who basically have the same info as you.
@raran44
with all of them from the stone ages where only like 6 teams played?
I'm curious cause I was very little when this happened, his did the fans feel about Roy after the trade? Was there hate towards him or towards the organization? Or both?
It is rumored. Not wrong. Not set in stone does not mean wrong. But yeah whatever. Troll away.
The Red Wings never had Marty Brodeur pulled,,, oh" yeah don't forget about the '95 sweep in the Finals,,, Haha!!! Go Devils!!
The Red Wings and Devils played in different conferences and thus did not play as often as Detroit played Colorado. If they did then yes, the Red Wings were good enough to have Martin Brodeur pulled.
How many Stanley Cups did Roy win? The answer to that question nullifies everything you tried to say.
William Bouley he can't heard you, Jeremy Roenic, because his Stanley cup rings are plugging his ears.
wrong
Lindros a bad trade? lol he was one of the best player in history, only cheap shots like the Scott Steven hit could stop him, watch the stats punk
He's French so of course his english accent will seem off!!
uhh huh. and did he accept in 2009? dude please stop fighting with me on this. so what I've said might not be 100% factual. Get over yourself. He's been asked and refused presumably twice. and I"m sure they've hinted at an offer more than on one occasion.
one of the worst trades in hockey history (for the habs)
I don't know which one was worse: this or Gretzky being sold to Los Angeles.
Marty deserved the conn smythe in 2003, but everyone was blind sided by giguere playing good out of no where. Marty had 3 shutouts just in that series. come on
marty never won a conny smythe
craig simpson hasn't aged.
the canadians wont make it back ! to the finals :D
the canadians wont make it back ! to the finals :D
that was awesome when he thanked the fans when he made the easy save
‘The canadiens won’t make back to the finals’ wanna say that again? :)
@@N_Z_A_2573 refs helped Montreal
@@rileykazama3145 Not the refs, but the division realignment. Had it not occured, the Habs wouldn't have made it to the finals in the first place.
soft balls
You speak english but he speak english and french . il parle mieux l anglais que votre français
Patrick Pelletiet oui
Montreal is the REAL Hockeytown we don't need to advertise it, everybody knows it...
Montreal was only good back in the day because they wouldn't let anybody else in the league have any French Canadians. Henri and Maurice, Cournoyer, Beliveau.
you're a bit exagerating. Hextall was a dick and Forsberg was injured all the time. Disregarding the concussions, Lindros was one of the best in the 90's. Numbers speak for themselves. I was a Nordiques fan and I am still dreaming of Lindros with Quebec on the same powerplay with Sakic.
0 Stanley Cups for Lindros. Even though he had some sharp line-mates in Philly.
You're right - the numbers do speak for themselves...
I always thought hockey is a game of mistake?! I guess that's true if you're coaching the Avs! Give your grandpa back his sweater and brandy!
Can you imagine if Roy was not hall of fame worthy? I mean like him being a reliable starter, just not a legend. He would be good, but his personality would've sent him packing. He has a good work ethic, but I feel like his outspoken personality would translate into rudeness.
+coopergaffe How do you not realize the fact that he was that good caused many of the things you attribute as his personality?
Enjoy the crack you babbling moron.
cry, baby, cry.
He wasn't worth what the Nordiques got for him.
One of the most over rated goalies to play the game.
Dennis Montie only thing that's over rated is your worthless life
I’m a diehard Red Wings fan. And the Red Wings were the team that peppered him in that game that caused that trade, and really began that rivalry with Colorado, (Quebec if you want to be technical)I can honestly say he’s not overrated at all. He’s probably the best goalie to play the game.
That being said, I’ve never really liked him as a person. But you can’t question the man’s ability as a Goaltender.
And I think the reason he didn't get pulled sooner in that Detroit / Montreal game, was because the six goals he let in weren't bad goals. I think they were giving him the benefit of the doubt until then. If he had been letting in sloppy goals the whole time I would question why they didn't pull him sooner. But I also get his frustration for being left in there like that
@@MrPapasvhilly shut up the fuck up internet tough guy. Kiss Roy's french frog ass some more.