20 years ago...

[Sterling Archer]

Mike Vernon claimed that. Nothing in history supports it.

Why would he lie about that of all things?

 

[Redux91]

Roy was in the process of of raising a big middle finger at everyone who doubted him, but look who is standing up for his goalie at 3:32...

LOL bergy!

 

[Brainiac]

This!

My lasting impression was that Houle could only deal with Lacroix because he couldn't speak english or something dumb like that. Why else would you not raise the stakes and talk to their most hated rivals in Detroit? Or if he really wanted to dump him, why not some struggling team outside your conference?

Sad, but probably partially true.