Habs fans reaction in case of Nordiques return.

[Goldthorpe]

I know there's this huge expansion process and I don't want to go into the possibility or plausibility of the Nordiques coming back.

But let's say they do.

What would be the reaction of the hans fanbase? Surely maybe some would migrate to the new team. I don't know how many ex-Nords are now habs fans here, but I assume these people exist and would go back to the flock.

Would you root for both teams? Or hate them viscerally even before they first meet?

For me, and grew up in Quebec and my father was a Nords fan (back then I didn't really cared about hockey), so I must say I have mixed feelings. One one side I love the habs, on the other, I couldn't see myself raining on the parade of a Nordiques comeback story.

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[MXD]

I'll be happy, as a hockey fan, when'll they'll get back.

And I'll SURE pick on them for having no more Québecois than the Habs do.

 

[Capitaine Subban*]

I'd be glad for them then I would place them right after the Broons as hated rivals.

 

[Kriss E]

Sakic was my favorite player. They had such a talented team when they moved to Colorado. Had they stayed in town, it would have been terrible for Mtl. Colorado had an all-star team during the terrible years of Mtl.

If they came back as an expansion team, they'd probably be rather irrelevant for a few years but I'm sure the rivalry would quickly spark up.

I'd stick to the Habs. It would be fun to watch another local team play on TV though.

 

[Winter Eclipse]

I would LOVE to have the Nordiques back, especially if they revived the old logo / uniform. Classic team, classic rivalry, and another domino down on the path towards the return of the Whalers!!

 

[Team_Spirit]

I would love it.

I think the NHL will move Tampa/Florida in the Metro and add Quebec/Hamilton in the Atlantic.

 

[Goldthorpe]

Sakic was my favorite player. They had such a talented team when they moved to Colorado. Had they stayed in town, it would have been terrible for Mtl. Colorado had an all-star team during the terrible years of Mtl.

But also, the habs would have never trade Roy to the Nords.

If they came back as an expansion team, they'd probably be rather irrelevant for a few years but I'm sure the rivalry would quickly spark up.

I'd stick to the Habs. It would be fun to watch another local team play on TV though.

I read a journalist hypothesizing that since expansion is so costly, expansion team would want to have better opportunity to become as good as possible. This may mean looser roster protection rules.

But yeah, rivalry would't take much.

 

[HABNIKO]

The Quebec Nerdiques or could be The Quebec Bloc's and Patrick Roy as their 1st choice of french coaches. Now that would be the best rivalry.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Would be fun watching them be run by politics more than the Habs are.

 

[Kriss E]

But also, the habs would have never trade Roy to the Nords.

Nothing would surprise me from Houle.

I read a journalist hypothesizing that since expansion is so costly, expansion team would want to have better opportunity to become as good as possible. This may mean looser roster protection rules.

But yeah, rivalry would take much.

Not sure how it all goes down, but pretty sure owners wouldn't approve of looser roster protection. Maybe they would but with some form of compensation in return.

 

[Kriss E]

The Nerdiques will need a french GM and a french coach which leaves the Habs with even less choices.

That all depends on who their owner would be. PKP? Yes, absolutely.

 

[icerocket]

That all depends on who their owner would be. PKP? Yes, absolutely.

The coach will absolutely need to speak French regardless of the owner.

 

[Goldthorpe]

They would try to get Roy.

 

[Kriss E]

The coach will absolutely need to speak French regardless of the owner.

That really doesn't make any sense. It all starts with the owner, if speaking french is the furthest thing from being a priority then no, I don't see why the coach would absolutely need to speak french.
They may not even get any backlash from it because they would just be thrilled to have a hockey team again, which means money for the city, so going nuts about how the coach or GM doesn't speak french might actually not even happen.

 

[HABNIKO]

That all depends on who their owner would be. PKP? Yes, absolutely.

Maybe Pauline Marois who squeezed a fortune out of Quebec and has the right connections to furnish the Pepsi collosium with state of the art stealth toilets.

 

[icerocket]

That really doesn't make any sense. It all starts with the owner, if speaking french is the furthest thing from being a priority then no, I don't see why the coach would absolutely need to speak french.

Are you being serious right now? You honestly think an anglophone coach who can't speak in French would be hired in la vieille capitale?

 

[JusticeBeaver]

Anybody who doesn't want hockey back anywhere in Canada can gtfo

 

[OldCraig71]

They would try to get Roy.

They can also have Therrien if they want him.

 

[HABNIKO]

They can also have Therrien if they want him.

Maybe they will now be called The Quebec Bloc's

 

[OldCraig71]

Seriously though it would be great to have them back. Some of my greatest hockey memories involve us vs them. The Stastny's were a thing of beauty, especially Peter, Goulet was no slouch either. They had a great rivalry and it would be great to get to do it all over again.

 

[David Suzuki]

hopefully some of our hater fans will leave

 

[FF de Mars]

I'd love it. If I were them I'd change their jersey and have a hundred fleurs de lys lined up on it.

 

[CanadienShark]

I'll be an ecstatic hockey fan if they return. Until the team pisses me off (if they do), I'll be rooting for them. The old Nords jerseys are gorgeous.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

I'll be more than happy if they take DD and his father !

 

[Account Terminated]

I'd be happy to see them back too. Always liked the team during my childhood. I have a Nordiques jersey in my closet, as does the Mrs..