Take a look back to December 2, 1995, a day that would forever alter the paths of Patrick Roy, the Montreal Canadiens and the Colorado Avalanche.
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26 Comments
This made me cry 😢
I thought Roy hated Vernon but it shows how much respect they had for each other.
The Canadiens brass chose Mario Tremblay, a lousy coach over Patrick Roy, the man who won them 2 Stanley Cups. Furthermore, the game against Detroit wasn't even important. Tremblay just embarrassed Roy for no good reason. Patrick Roy should have been either given the night off, like he wanted, or pulled after 3 goals. The logical move would have been to fire Mario Tremblay and keep the talent in Montreal.
You would think they would learn their lesson the first time now they did the same thing to carey price.
If you look at the stats. Patrick Roy was an average Goalie at best. Also with him leaving the team still made the playoffs that year and the year after. It was really Sakic with his 51 goal season over 100 points and also Forsberg that carried their team to a Stanley Cup win in 1995.
And canadiens are suppose to be nice 🤨
Terrible style for this video! Stop bouncing around
Tremblay was a POS coach right from the start. Did they dump on Roy, the system, the fans. Disgusting. Was a Roy fan since the beginning
And the Patrick Roy curse continues for Montreal. No cup since 1993! Wouldn't bother me if they never won it again!
Yep. One of the worst mistakes the habs made was getting rid of Roy. He won two more cups and the habs haven't one since, he helped them win it last.
I absolutely love that Roy said "I'm done!", and refused to play another game with the Habs…
On the flip side, the Canadians should never have honoured him, or had him back in their building for any kind of ceremony…
I read that Mike Keane was also traded because he was the only one in the locker room who defended Patrick against the Habs coach and leadership. Habs royally screwed up.
The “dramatic trade” video doesn’t even mention WHAT the trade was?? Lol who did Montreal get back?
i loved it when detroit dropped 7 on him in colorado too that was even better
Roy, Brodeur , Hasek …three best goalies ever
Had the luxury of watching this goaltending god while growing up in Colorado. We absolutely loved him.
Although I will never forgive Tremblay for that trade, I'm happy Roy grew his legacy to insane heights after being traded to Colorado.
The GOAT 🐐
So Avs fans, thank Mike Vernon for convincing Roy not to retire if you ever get to meet him.
The Wings-Avs rivalry didn't start when Lemieux hit Draper..
It started December 2, 1995.
Trembley made a terrible coaching decision. It’s a no brainer that you pull your franchise goalie who by the way is the reason #23&24 banners are hanging. I get it Canadians want French speaking coaches by its handicap. They would have definitely won another cup.
he was the best goalie at the time and they didnt want him on a Canadian team. the whole nhl is rigged since 93.
Roy was ridiculous with those michelin man pads. Ridiculous the NHL allowed it
What is this backwards chronology junk?
Original Montreal Screwjob
No coach anywhere leaves a guy in for 9 goals.
St. Patrick put the hex on the Canadiens, unbroken to this day
What do you expect when you leave your goalie in at 9-1?
The trade that cursed the historic Canadiens. Before they never went more then 10 years without winning a Cup, now it's reached 30 years! I hope their drought continues for a long time like Toronto's!