I am surprised by that. The old Montreal coliseum was as much of a sports shrine as the old Boston Garden. I never got to the former but my dad took my brother and me to a game a year at the latter in the Orr-Esposito glory days. To this day the loudest sound I have ever heard at a sports event, barring the sound of engines at the Indy 500, was the Boston Garden when Bobby Orr took it up the ice. That simply wasn't done at the time. Defensemen stayed back in their zone and let the forwards try to score. Not Orr. He was the fastest skater on the ice and seemed to consider, in his quiet way, rules as things that needed occasional breaking. He was an original.


>>I hear you. The same can be said about the Habs :(
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>I left Montreal 25 years ago, but until that time there would be no sell-out if the Habs were losing. In those days they basically had to earn every full house they got.
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>I was always of the opinion that it was exactly that characteristic that made sure they always had winning teams. Given recent history and your statement I am now more sure than ever about that.
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>>>They do nothing at all for their fan base except to raise prices, and still the stands are filled every game. Maybe if there was a decent team somewhere else nearby, they'd have to start being serious about the sport again.