Ten years ago yesterday

[Lafleurs Guy]

LA was great. But with Price and PK, we had a shot.

Anyways, beating the Bruins was a nice consolation prize.

 

[Kimota]

Weise went full on fookin legend.

And after Keider did his thing, Prust almost killed a guy. I will never blame him for that.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

fun thread, thx for starting it OP. for me, this time reminds me of starting to date my girlfriend (now wife of 6 years), watching these playoffs with her and her dad (now my FIL) ... oh and he's a Rangers fan ... of course

That was a wonderful series with all the trolling Dale Wiese did and Subban's beautiful quote before game 7:

"I can't wait for the crowd, the noise, the energy in the building. I can't wait to take that all away from them."

this quote was incredible, and he backed it up i also don't understand why it doesn't get more attention.

The Subban goal coming out of the box....damn, what a moment.

my favorite Habs goal, probably.

 

[Hoochi Papa]

It’s not a popular opinion (I still don’t get it tbh) but getting Thomas Vanek really solidified our offense and he was a big reason for our success during his brief stint with us.

Michou did him dirty by reducing his usage against the Rangers in the ECF. He should have been working with him instead of punishing him.

Damn right. Our very own Bernie from the Sesame Street had only one gear and it was grind. Punish and belittle everyone with an actual talent and pamper your little toy soldiers, Davey Desharnais and Francis Boo-Boo.

 

[the valiant effort]

The sequence that led to Pacioretty’s 2-0 goal in game 7 was a chef’s kiss. Davey Boy outworked 3 Bruins trying to blow the zone and fed a perfect pass that killed a Let’s Go Bruins chant

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

 

[Habs Halifax]

I've been a Habs fan my whole life, but that team was the one who really got me into following the team like it's my day job.

P Roy's first season in 1986 did that for me. Flames beating us in 89 hurt me bad as a kid. I still have L McDonald nightmares

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Why, did you say something to him like, "hope no one skates into your knee next round!"?

And we went from Carey Prime to Dustin Tokarski...

 

[Habs10Habs]

f*** Chris Kreider.

To this day, I still yell this. When that asshole shows up on my tv screen.

 

[Habs]

f***ing Kreider, now i'm all upset again

 

[JianYang]

Weise went full on fookin legend.

And after Keider did his thing, Prust almost killed a guy. I will never blame him for that.

It did have a special feeling when your depth guys start playing like top 6 guys. Bourque was rolling too.

Briere was older but was still managing to find ways to have his fingerprints all over some big moments, continuing his playoff reputation. He was the guy who set up weise for the game 1 OT winner against tampa. He's also the one who disrupted rask when subban had an ot winner against Boston. He set up wiese again for a tap in for the first goal in Game 7 against Boston and then scored the last goal in the game to put the series to bed. I only mention this because he often gets overlooked during that run.

 

[Tabarouette]

on that second one I remember a lot of people complaining that his celebration was selfish and I think that's one of the definining moment in my jadedness

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

That team had no shot to win anything , why are we even kidding ourselves , a pathetic hypothetical moral victory of what *could have happened* if Kreider didin't run into Price.

I hate how habs fans cling to that what could have happened post season if Price was healthy stuff. The rags got ran over in the finals , I don't think we would have won a single game.

Subban and Weise heroics against boston were awesome tho.

But don't kid yourselves that team was garbage on paper why is everybody in here lying to themselves for a morale boost. It was a nice run but please spare me the contender talk.

Yeah I'm a debby downer but sorry that team was hot trash with Paciorrety David Deharnais and Pleki as our top 3 forwards lmao. I swear people talk about that team like it was something special.

Just another one of our 10 straight seasons we had where we went into the competition with a bottom 10 roster on paper and the best goalie in the world lol

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

on that second one I remember a lot of people complaining that his celebration was selfish and I think that's one of the definining moment in my jadedness

His celebration was selfish...

Some people just had it out for the guy. He and Price should've been able to win cups together but we just never built around them. PK was absolutely clutch in the playoffs and so was Price. Tragic we weren't able to put it together. They were both absolute gamers.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

That team had no shot to win anything , why are we even kidding ourselves , a pathetic hypothetical moral victory of what *could have happened* if Kreider didin't run into Price.

I hate how habs fans cling to that what could have happened post season if Price was healthy stuff. The rags got ran over in the finals , I don't think we would have won a single game.

Subban and Weise heroics against boston were awesome tho.

But don't kid yourselves that team was garbage on paper why is everybody in here lying to themselves for a morale boost. It was a nice run but please spare me the contender talk.

Yeah I'm a debby downer but sorry that team was hot trash with Paciorrety David Deharnais and Pleki as our top 3 forwards lmao. I swear people talk about that team like it was something special.

Just another one of our 10 straight seasons we had where we went into the competition with a bottom 10 roster on paper and the best goalie in the world lol

I will never not believe that we had at least a shot. Yeah the Kings were a better club for sure. But so were TO and Vegas in 21. So was Pittsburgh in 20. Boston was favoured to kill us in 2014 and we kicked their ass.

So no, I will never believe that we had no chance. Even with all our flaws. Even with Therrien being a dumbass. We had two of the best clutch players that we ever had. This was right when Price and PK were peaking. We absolutely had a shot at a cup that year.

 

[HabbyGuy]

I will never not believe that we had at least a shot. Yeah the Kings were a better club for sure. But so were TO and Vegas in 21. So was Pittsburgh in 20. Boston was favoured to kill us in 2014 and we kicked their ass.

So no, I will never believe that we had no chance. Even with all our flaws. Even with Therrien being a dumbass. We had two of the best clutch players that we ever had. This was right when Price and PK were peaking. We absolutely had a shot at a cup that year.

It's the playoffs man "anything can happen" especially in Montreal, there's just some magic that can't be quantified when it comes to this city, it's team and the postseason.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

It's the playoffs man "anything can happen" especially in Montreal, there's just some magic that can't be quantified when it comes to this city, it's team and the postseason.

Price consistently beat better teams. No, we didn't always win - if we had we'd have won a cup - but neither the Rangers nor the Kings were unbeatable.

I won't sit here and say we would've won. But I will say that we certainly had a legitimate shot.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Price consistently beat better teams. No, we didn't always win - if we had we'd have won a cup - but neither the Rangers nor the Kings were unbeatable.

I won't sit here and say we would've won. But I will say that we certainly had a legitimate shot.

Yeah , I agree with you , I just think the mentality should be to strive for more than *just a shot*. Something I think the current regime is building up much better than the two previous ones no doubt.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Yeah , I agree with you , I just think the mentality should be to strive for more than *just a shot*. Something I think the current regime is building up much better than the two previous ones no doubt.

No argument there. A perennial contender is what we all want.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yeah , I agree with you , I just think the mentality should be to strive for more than *just a shot*. Something I think the current regime is building up much better than the two previous ones no doubt.

Oh for sure. We had two killer players and some really good supporting cast members but we badly mismanaged the team and had gaps. We were a flawed team with great players. A lot like the Oilers right now only bizzaro style.

You are right, we weren't the favourites. I just would've really liked to have seen what that team would've done. Price was awesome but he got injured at the absolute worst times.

Btw, I hated that Kreider had a good game last night. He can go jump in the lake. I'll never forgive him.

 

[expy]

Kreider can go to hell, I'm always rooting for the Rangers to get knocked out.

 

[Le Tricolore]

The playoffs are fun.

These last few years of shit (and the next few?) better be worth it. I have faith, but you never know with sports.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

f*** Kreider and f*** MSL too for his OT winner in Game 4

But back to the OP it was awesome beating the Goons, we should maybe have a banner raising ceremony before a game against them to recognize the series win?

 

[JianYang]

That team had no shot to win anything , why are we even kidding ourselves , a pathetic hypothetical moral victory of what *could have happened* if Kreider didin't run into Price.

I hate how habs fans cling to that what could have happened post season if Price was healthy stuff. The rags got ran over in the finals , I don't think we would have won a single game.

Subban and Weise heroics against boston were awesome tho.

But don't kid yourselves that team was garbage on paper why is everybody in here lying to themselves for a morale boost. It was a nice run but please spare me the contender talk.

Yeah I'm a debby downer but sorry that team was hot trash with Paciorrety David Deharnais and Pleki as our top 3 forwards lmao. I swear people talk about that team like it was something special.

Just another one of our 10 straight seasons we had where we went into the competition with a bottom 10 roster on paper and the best goalie in the world lol

It definitely was not a "garbage" team. Hyperbole aside, I agree the kings were a tough matchup. I would not have expected a series win against them. That's for sure.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

The playoffs are fun.

These last few years of shit (and the next few?) better be worth it. I have faith, but you never know with sports.

Injuries are always a wild card. Caufield is a great example as he should’ve killed it this year.

But this team SHOULD be better next year. And I think we’re a playoff team the season after that. There’s so much potential with so many young players, I’m excited.