The Enshrined Habs – Ken Reardon
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For Ken Reardon, hockey was not a game, but a battle, and night after night he led the charge.
For Ken Reardon, hockey was not a game, but a battle, and night after night he led the charge.
With the success came increased pressure on Theodore, he was now the team’s poster boy, the unquestioned superstar of the Canadiens. He had assumed the mantle as the natural successor to the Canadiens great goalie lineage, the next one on a list of leg
Sam Pollock never relaxed, never stopped working, and ultimately, never stopped winning. No other executive in hockey can match his nine Stanley Cup championships, during his fourteen years as the general manager of the Montreal Canadiens.
In the history of hockey there was no one better at crafting a deal than legendary Canadiens general manager Sam Pollock.
And while many have proclaimed Carey Price as the future of the Canadiens, it would be unwise not to give Jaroslav Halak a fighting chance.
But, none of them hold the Canadiens record for most points in a season by a left winger. That honor belongs to a five foot, seven inch, one hundred and sixty pound player born in Sweden, named Mats Naslund.
In the past few weeks much has been made of the Montreal Canadiens inability to lure big name free agents into the fold. Much of the blame for this failure has fallen squarely at the feet of Canadiens general manager, Bob Gainey.
Here’s a guy who despite all that has happened in the past has returned back to Montreal, not out of greed, or desperation, but because for him this is the only place to be.
But J.C. Tremblay was a great player in his own right, a player for whom recognition was a constant struggle, and one of the top defensemen ever to play for the Canadiens.
There are no shortage of candidates to choose from, after all the Canadiens have placed more players in the Hall of Fame than any of the other franchises.