SB Nation - Bruins and Canadiens rivalry of the last decade

[Le Tricolore]

Very entertaining, well made video.

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[BMC]

Rivalry of the last decade???? Nope. Rivalry of all time? You bet your ass I will loathe them until I die

 

[Lobster57]

Rivalry of the last decade???? Nope. Rivalry of all time? You bet your ass I will loathe them until I die

i'm going to loathe them through my next dozen incarnations.

at least.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Rivalry of the last decade???? Nope. Rivalry of all time? You bet your ass I will loathe them until I die

I just meant the video is about the late 2000s to todayish.

 

[BMC]

I just meant the video is about the late 2000s to todayish.

I know, I just thought I'd pull your chain a bit.

Worked too didn't it?

 

[TCB]

Thought there should of been more Bruins dominance in there (like the Horton OT winner)and I was a little disappointed of it saying Pacioretty was a physical presence, and that Ference gave the middle finger when it was clearly a glove malfunction.

 

[CDJ]

Pacioretty sure was a physical presence for headbutting that stanchion like that


From 2009-2014 in particular my hate for that team is and was unrivaled. I’ve mellowed on Montreal since they’re mostly irrelevant and far more difficult to hate than they were then.

 

[PB37]

Yeah, you rarely see board beef between the Bruins and Habs fans anymore because of how pathetic Montreal has been the past few seasons.

 

[rfournier103]

From 2009-2014 in particular my hate for that team is and was unrivaled. I’ve mellowed on Montreal since they’re mostly irrelevant and far more difficult to hate than they were then.

Funny thing... whenever the rivalry “cools off,” it doesn’t take much at all for the hatred to flare up again. One series; one game; one play - it doesn’t matter. The venom is always there. Just beneath the surface...

 

[BMC]

Funny thing... whenever the rivalry “cools off,” it doesn’t take much at all for the hatred to flare up again. One series; one game; one play - it doesn’t matter. The venom is always there. Just beneath the surface...

It's like malaria that way....

 

[Lobster57]

My hatred for the Habs hit its peak (so far) with in the '04 series when Ribeiro faked being hurt to get a whistle when the B's had the puck. Losing to them in the first round for the second time in 3 years while being the better team was sooooo frustrating

 

[Morris Wanchuk]

Last 5 years has been pretty lame.

 

[Lobster57]

Last 5 years has been pretty lame.

they haven't been holding up their end of the bargain, at least since the series of a thousand goal posts

 

[rfournier103]

they haven't been holding up their end of the bargain, at least since the series of a thousand goal posts

They have an approximate 75%-25% edge in playoff series won all-time. If the Canadiens never beat the Bruins again it wouldn’t bother me in the least.

 

[ThomasJ13]

My hatred for the Habs hit its peak (so far) with in the '04 series when Ribeiro faked being hurt to get a whistle when the B's had the puck. Losing to them in the first round for the second time in 3 years while being the better team was sooooo frustrating

That 2004 series does get enough attention IMO. And I was around in 1971 and 1979. The Bruins were up 3-1 in that '04 series, with 2 of the remaining games at home. They also had a very legitimate shot at the cup - in fact Phil Esposito has been quoted as saying that the team that Tampa really worried about that year was Boston. They had loaded up at the deadline with Gonchar and Nylander, and were clearly the better team than the Habs. But of course the Habs had to make feces on my April cornflakes yet again.

2014 was also really bad. So in my lifetime I would put the order of Habs playoff horror as:

1979
1971
2014
2004

This thread also seems to be an appropriate place for a question I've always had: as Bruins fans, we can cite many examples of how the Habs beat the Bruins in the playoffs, while being underdogs (in some cases severe underdogs, like in 1971....UGH). But I can't really point to a series the Bruins won against MTL when they were underdogs. Anybody think of one?

 

[CDJ]

It's like malaria that way....

Montreal Canadians = malaria

A comparison I can stand behind 100%

 

[CDJ]

they haven't been holding up their end of the bargain, at least since the series of a thousand goal posts

Snapple fun fact: Loui hit more posts in that series than the team had goals the entire season

don’t quote me on that. Seems true tho

 

[McGarnagle]

That 2004 series does get enough attention IMO. And I was around in 1971 and 1979. The Bruins were up 3-1 in that '04 series, with 2 of the remaining games at home. They also had a very legitimate shot at the cup - in fact Phil Esposito has been quoted as saying that the team that Tampa really worried about that year was Boston. They had loaded up at the deadline with Gonchar and Nylander, and were clearly the better team than the Habs. But of course the Habs had to make feces on my April cornflakes yet again.

2014 was also really bad. So in my lifetime I would put the order of Habs playoff horror as:

1979
1971
2014
2004

This thread also seems to be an appropriate place for a question I've always had: as Bruins fans, we can cite many examples of how the Habs beat the Bruins in the playoffs, while being underdogs (in some cases severe underdogs, like in 1971....UGH). But I can't really point to a series the Bruins won against MTL when they were underdogs. Anybody think of one?

1988 and 1992 the Habs were the higher seed.

 

[BMC]

Montreal Canadians = malaria

A comparison I can stand behind 100%

Chronic dysentery is another good example IMHO

 

[BMC]

1988 and 1992 the Habs were the higher seed.

AFAIK Montreal was always the better team or considered to be the better team. Maybe the Orr years would have been a possible exception?

 

[ThomasJ13]

AFAIK Montreal was always the better team or considered to be the better team. Maybe the Orr years would have been a possible exception?

1971 the Bruins had one of the best teams in NHL history. I think the best team never to win a cup.
2014 the Bruins were far and away the better team
2004 the Bruins were much better and were cup favorites
1979 the Bruins lost in an epic, soul crushing way (irrelevant as to which team was better in regular season)

I think the way I see the Neely years it was kind of a wash, with neither team' expected' to win. I don't think that the Habs losing in 1988 or 1992 was all that traumatic for Hab fans. Those series could have gone either way IMO.

So I guess I was looking for some kind of gut punch to Habs fans when they clearly had a much, much better team and still lost. Or when they lost like the Bruins did in 1979. Those are series that create scar tissue.

 

[GordonHowe]

Thought there should of been more Bruins dominance in there (like the Horton OT winner)and I was a little disappointed of it saying Pacioretty was a physical presence, and that Ference gave the middle finger when it was clearly a glove malfunction.

*LOVED* that middle finger salute. Another reason Ference was a favorite.

Eff you, jerk MTL fans.

Richly, richly deserved.

 

[GordonHowe]

That 2004 series does get enough attention IMO. And I was around in 1971 and 1979. The Bruins were up 3-1 in that '04 series, with 2 of the remaining games at home. They also had a very legitimate shot at the cup - in fact Phil Esposito has been quoted as saying that the team that Tampa really worried about that year was Boston. They had loaded up at the deadline with Gonchar and Nylander, and were clearly the better team than the Habs. But of course the Habs had to make feces on my April cornflakes yet again.

2014 was also really bad. So in my lifetime I would put the order of Habs playoff horror as:

1979
1971
2014
2004

This thread also seems to be an appropriate place for a question I've always had: as Bruins fans, we can cite many examples of how the Habs beat the Bruins in the playoffs, while being underdogs (in some cases severe underdogs, like in 1971....UGH). But I can't really point to a series the Bruins won against MTL when they were underdogs. Anybody think of one?

If you are talking about the B's as underdogs, I'd say 1988. That was the break through year, and the end of MTL's dominance. After that, things were markedly different.

 

[GordonHowe]

AFAIK Montreal was always the better team or considered to be the better team. Maybe the Orr years would have been a possible exception?

Certainly in '71. I remember that series. Ken Dryden and his ugly mask absolutely stealing it.

 

[Morris Wanchuk]

2002 was the worst for me. I loved that team. Billy g, Pj stock, tough joe Thornton.