Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
“I need you to steal one win for us every series. I’ll win one game with my matchups. The rest is up to the players.”
Bob Hartley to Patrick Roy ahead of the Avalanche’s 2002 Stanley Cup run.
I think about this quote all the time.
It helps contextualize every poor decision the Habs make because Carey Price is their goalie.
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If it was 2002, it didn’t work, because they didn’t win that year (it was 2001).
He forgot to add “By the way, my players are Forsberg, Sakic, Hedjuk, Tanguay, Drury, Bourque, Foote, Blake, and of course Yelle and Neimenen.”
The Habs don’t exactly have that lineup.