The Bruins and Blues models perhaps. No tanking for franchise players there, though they did accidently draft some (Bergeron,Pastrnak perhaps, later). A decade of relative success ensued from smart drafting,planning,luck or something
I think Carolina has a pretty good model too.
I like the Blues way of having a solid roster without that super stud
except for picking up the Mole
Their fans don't have hope, they have delusions. They need counselling.
The first two games were entertaining.
If the sum total of one's ambition is to make the playoffs and get annihilated in the first round every year, sure. But one would hope that they aspire to more than that. As a Habs fan I'd rather miss the playoffs entirely than be a fraud that has no hope of advancing. If we aren't a Cup contender I don't give a shit about being a playoff contender. Half the teams in the NHL are technically "playoff contenders". It's a meaningless achievement.
Hab fans would take making the playoffs
Fans in general set the bar way too low. You want to know why the Habs can charge what they do for tickets with a straight face? Because their fans have no standards. Of course, they know this because they spent an entire generation slowly conditioning the fans to accept mediocrity as the new normal. They saw what the Leafs had accomplished with their fans and said "Why can't we have dumb, delusional fans too? It must be easier to do than building a winner. Besides, we're only allowed to hire mediocre francophone coaches and GM's so it's impossible for us to be a winner anymore anyhow. Let's just focus on making money. Fuck trying to win Cups."
Only game in town , Habs worst attendance year would look good in many USA cities
Curling?
yeah Wehave talks a good game but he pays to see us play every chance he gets
I don't get many chances. If I lived in Montreal I wouldn't go that often.
