JH you're right, too. Nothing will change until someone does die on the ice. And then it'll be too late.
Anyone who's been around seeing the Habs wins Stanley cups heard about this.
While some of you talk about how in Mtrl we are booing even our owns...
This is what it used to be : when a long time ago, someone died.
A funeral was held on March 10, 1937, at the Montreal Forum, the arena where the Canadiens played. Fans were allowed to file past the casket, laid at centre ice, and fifty thousand people paid their respects.[3] A rotating honour guard of four Canadiens stood around the casket, covered in flowers including a large wreath from Aurèle Joliat that was shaped like the number 7, Morenz's number, and a note from Morenz's three children.
The entire service was broadcast on the radio, and after its conclusion he was buried in Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.
The city of Montreal mourned the death of Morenz for months.
To honour him, the Canadiens retired his jersey number, 7, on November 2, 1937, the first time the team honoured a player in that fashion.
Five days later, on November 7, 1937, a benefit all-star game was held at the Forum to raise money for the Morenz family
My favorite no. is 7, and yet, because of Morenz, I would never ever play with a 7 in the back. And yet I wasn't even born more than 40years later this.
Oh ! and btw.... the rumor has it that Boston got a team cuze Charles Adam saw Morenz play.
