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Rebuilds are never easy, the Oilers once were the biggest dynasty in hockey and they’ve been trying to get back to their former glory for years, even the addition of a generational player hasn’t been enough to get them over the line. The Sabres have missed the playoffs for 12 years in a row, the Wings after making them for 25 consecutive years have now been out for seven postseasons. Rebuilding takes time and fans must buckle up for a rough ride.
Yesterday as I was browsing X, I came across a post in which a “fan… said he had had enough and was done with the Canadiens. This “long suffering… fan had been following the Canadiens since the 2014 playoffs run and as the Habs get ready to start the second season of the rebuild, they decided to call it quits because “they’ve had it with losses….
Those of you who converted to Canadiens fandom ages ago have seen so much worse than losses. Just in fairly recent memory, there have been so many disasters for this franchise. For me, a dark age started when Ronald Corey decided that he too had seen enough losses and fired both Serge Savard and Jacques Demers to replace them with an unexperienced duo in Rejean Houle and Mario Tremblay. Being a Canadiens’ ambassador does not make you qualify to take the helm of hockey’s most storied franchise and “Peanut’s… lack of experience meant that he was quickly taken to the cleaners by more experienced general managers.
Their appointment was just a prelude to what ended up being the nightmare of my teens, Patrick Roy’s departure from the Canadiens after rookie coach Tremblay hung him out to dry in a blowout loss to the Red Wings. Losing the face of the franchise was bad enough, but getting a pittance in return was the real knockout punch.