Looking Back at the Patrick Roy Trade

It is a day that Montreal fans still don't like discussing. It's Tremblay that set the wheels in motion though.

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[Alexander-Hatfield]

Patrick Roy. Still the last man to lead a Canadian team to the promised land. Done pissed him off so bad he put a curse on the whole damn country.

[davesecx]

Love to see a detailed video about the 1992 Lindros trade.

[romainlavoie]

Excellent analysis . HOWEVER - We need to highlight two key elements that played huge in all of this because I was at the game that night.
First !
The day before the game after training a Detroit journalist asked Tremblay if the 70's Canadiens would have won all of these Cups without Scotty behind the bench. To this question Mario Tremblay responded that Bowman had very little to do with it. Hmmm ok. The journalist runs over to the Detroit's dressing room and reports the following to Scotty Bowman
"" Tremblay says you had no impact in winning the Stanley Cups during the 70's """ To this question Scotty responded :
"" He said that ... I guess will have to see ""
Second !
So here we are the night of the game. I'm with my father who loves Scotty - and who is a real hockey savant. Five minutes into the game after McCarty had destroyed Stevenson after only 0.30 seconds of play, my father says to me "" Bowman is only playing two lines Yzerman and Larionov "" And Bowman was really sticking it to Tremblay. Federov was on the ice every time the Habs fourth and third lines were on. That was on top of playing his regular shift. Tremblay was really getting schooled. And he did loose more then he would ever know.


The moral of the story -
Unfortunately for Scotty, this act of vengeance played against him. My friends there is no question that until Colorado made this superb trade, the best team in the league was Detroit. This being said and to the credit Avalanche, their GM Pierre Lacroix smelling blood was the first one to call the Canadien's and pulled the trigger very quickly ! It is rumored that Sauve called Lacroix that night and told him everything and that Patrick would go. And I believe this to be true. Everything happened to fast. With Pierre Lacroix now gone from Covid, only Patrick could tell the story or Robert Sauve. Perhaps one day . Who knows.
To continue - the deal is made ! The best player in his position for the last ten years gets to play with a team set to dominate that year ! And for Scotty this would cost him another Stanley Cup. In Western Conference Final, Detroit faces a prime and ready PATRICK ROY with his new Club ! The Colorado Avalanche ! And they take it in six. Bey Bey Scotty . Then the Avalanche went on to win the Stanley Cup - dismantling the Florida Panthers in four strait games. Patrick was remarkable versus Florida allowing only four goals in those four games.
You want more moral to the story !! On Feb.5th 1996 the Canadiens are playing the Avalanche in Colorado. The Avalanche take it 4-2. With Patrick in goals of course - at the end of the game while Tremblay is crossing the ice, Patrick skates over to Mario and throws the winning puck over at him !!!! With this moment and winning the Western Finals against Bowman along winning the Cup !!! IT WAS COMPLETE

[andrewpayette]

My favourite player of all time. I have over 50 cards of his. So I was a Habs fan, then an Avs fan, then a Leafs (homer) fan when he retired. Ty for the video HG!

[jasonvoorhees]

I remember where I was when that happened. It was front page news as well. I became an Avs fan the day of that trade.

[juliannadarzins]

Hell yeah, St. Patrick! It's weird I wasn't even born in '96 and was only 3 in '01, but I love the hometown team through thick and thin. Thanks for some Avs appreciation, Shannon!!

[fightsports]

I remember when this trade went down. When Mike Keane was thrown in on this deal several teams said publicly that if they had known that Montreal was willing to trade Mike Keane they would have made an offer to get just him.

[kevinbudzinski]

You are mistaken, Roy went over to Ronald Corey (Canadiens President) not Rejean Houle after being pulled

[a_coleman]

there's so much irony in all of this...
1. last Canadian team to win the cup, 1993 Canadians led by... Patrick Roy.
2. last Habs game played vs. the presidents trophy winning red wings and they lit him up in that game.
3, traded to Colorado who was recently moved from Quebec and launched arguably one of the best rivalries in the NHL against.... the red wings
Montreal never went back to the finals until 2021, Roy added 2 more cups, the Wings got 3.
oh and Mario Tremblay should have been fired.. that night

[jalencampbell]

The Hockey Guy, I couldn’t agree more with you. Mario Tremblay was the one at fault in that game. I don’t care what sport you’re coaching. If you make a stupid decision like that, your players, stars or not, are not at fault. It’s the coach. I like this video btw. 👍🏾

[qualityherbsonly]

This trade still makes me smile. I was a huge fan of Roy as a kid. I started watching hockey before Colorado had a team. So I picked the Nordiques because I liked their jersey. Roy was always fun to watch the Nordiques play against. His style was like no one else. And even though the Nordiques had a better team, Roy would always keep those games close. I watched his final game in Montreal and I was so upset… until a couple days later when my dad told me the Avs got a new goalie named Roy, mispronounced of course. Lol

[lastofusclips]

what's this video about? i can't hear it. i've got my two stanley cups rings plugged in my ear :D

[gocanuckurself]

Wow, $4 million per year for Patrick freaking Roy. How salaries have

[xblackcatx]

Roy is the greatest ever. I live in Detroit, but I love Roy. He’s my all time favorite goalie.

[zanejones]

Yesterday I was actually looking for a video on this exact topic. This is awesome

[Ryan-]

Rewatching video of that game, his defence really hung him out to dry. If they weren't allowing breakaways, they were allowing a guy to stand in front of the net wide open, or if they were in front of the net, they were screening Roy!

[andrewpayette]

I literally lol’d with the Mensa comment

[michaellalli]

Wow, great recap. Bruins fan for over 50 years, but Patrick Roy was my favorite goalie and player during that Era. Loved it that Roy won the CUP for Colorado.

[timcastleman]

Happy for you! Found you around 99k subscribers and it's awesome to see your growth. Love the videos and great breakdown here.

[sinisterone]

I remember this like it was yesterday. I just wish there was footage of Roy’s first game as an Av back in Montreal