Yeah that one sucked, too...add that one to list. The Bruins were second in the entire league at 101 points (only Detroit better). And when you look at Habs roster up front....blech. Such trash. Theodore stood on his head in that series.
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Yeah that one sucked, too...add that one to list. The Bruins were second in the entire league at 101 points (only Detroit better). And when you look at Habs roster up front....blech. Such trash. Theodore stood on his head in that series.
For some reason, it seems like whoever their goalie is, as soon as he puts on that sweater against the Bruins, he has the luck of Satan.
Bobby never beat the Habs in the playoffs, tough to imagine but we all know it is true ! I hate them sooooo much !!AFAIK Montreal was always the better team or considered to be the better team. Maybe the Orr years would have been a possible exception?
I know they never beat the Habs during the Orr years but weren't the 2 teams considered more equal than in past seasons when it was a given that Montreal was better??
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To be fair to Orr and those Bruins teams they only meet three times and the first two years the Bruins were baaad 68 & 69 and the only other time was when Dryden stole the 71 series.
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Was it Dryden stealing it or Tom Johnson giving it away by being an idiot and rotating goalies for no reason?
From 1971 through 1975, the Bruins were considered better. But as has been mentioned before, they only met once in 1971 - which ironically was the best Bruins team in history.
From 1976 through 1979 I think the Habs were considered better - including those ridiculous Hab teams of 75-76 and 76-77 where they only lost 11 and 8 games, respectively. But the two teams were consistently atop the NHL standings for pretty much the entire decade of the 70's. I have always said that but for the Habs being such a dynasty in the late 70's, the Bruins would have won maybe 2 more cups that decade....Don Cherry would have a couple of cups to his name.
And don't forget that Orr was basically done by 1975 at the age of 27. He stays even remotely healthy and those Bruin teams of the late 70's would be that much better. Trust me, the 70's were a really frustrating decade to be a Bruins fan, even though they went to the finals 5 times (winning twice) and were very, very good. There was always just something in the way to getting over the hump.
I was in my teens in the 70's, thought for sure they would beat the Flyers in 4 or 5.
Yeah, that 1974 cup final is another under-the-radar gut punch, although the Flyers were a really good team. This time it was Bernie Parent doing his best Dryden imitation.
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