Dear Blues Fans

I am a Montrealer and I can’t think of a single Habs fan who has forgotten Jaro and the crazy cup run he gave us in 2010. Let’s face it: we had a decent team during that year, but without Jaro to make 40 saves per game night after night during these critical weeks of spring 2010, the Habs would have never pull out the miracle of beating some the league’s best offensive powerhouses (Caps and Pens), leading the Habs to the conference finals for the first time in 17 years. Nobody has also forgotten how stunned (and angered) we were when the Habs traded him.

May you win the Cup once, brother Halak. You deserve it !

I second Mars’ recommendation, I to was impressed at the Montreal fans support of Halak at the end of the game. I began watching hockey in St Louis and have always been a Blues fan since, but grew up most of my life in New England or in recent years across the country with the Army. I have been to enough games wearing a Blues jersey when the Blues were the visiting team and most of the time I felt I had to cover my jersey outside the arena cause I have seen home team fans verbally and sometime physically assault other Blues fans. Of course watching most games in the East the Blues did win those games, but that is still no way for fans to act cause it gives the whole sport a bad rep. Take for example the Vancouver Riots last year after the Canucks lost to the Bruins in Game 7. With that being said, there can still be the occasional ribbing of other team fans as long as you know not to cross the line where it can become a risk to all the fans who are just there to watch their team. So, Go Blues!!!

However, we must not be too smug. Keep in mind, there are plenty of these assholes in every city. Don’t knock the inexperienced simply to justify your “fan-ship”… there is always room at Game Time for real, honest fans- what would ‘The Professor’ think if we shunned away those honestly invested in their newfound sportsteam. (because dey has de money) Bandwagoners and ignorant assholes shouldn’t ever be welcome. Regardless of tenure.

Except for Detroit and Chicago. Fuck Detroit and Chicago.

Excellent post. Thank you for writing it. Tip of the cap an thank you tithe classy Habs fans, please go tell Detroit how Montreal is the real Hockeytown and you have the history and classy knowledgable fans to prove it. Of course, as always, Go Blues!

I’ve said before that the whole francophonic coach issue some Habs fans are very vocal about made me really dislike Montreal fans, but after last night, I can’t help but be really appreciative. While I still find that whole debate perplexing, I officially take back everything I’ve ever said about disliking the whole fanbase!

It should be easy to apply such class and appreciation to Blues hockey, though, since during the summer, Cardinals baseball fans do standing ovations for former players like Canadiens fans do pre-game ceremonies!

Merci pour…vous…class… (That’s about all I remember from high school French.)

You will see most everyone here deeply appreciated the Montreal fans love for Jaro after the game. That won’t change.

The problem wont be with us, it will be with all the fuckin’ bandwagon jumpers who will be hitting places like this hard in the not too distant future.

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I say we take a page from Montreal’s Book of Class.

Half the rink was empty to give Halak the standing O. Though that’s one of the most classy thing’s I’ve seen this year, booing your own team however is not. I’d rather not live to see the day my hometown’s team is boo-ed off the ice after a period. That was just terrible.

I’m good except one caveat, them booger eaters from Chicago. You’d better keep an elephant tranquilizer gun handy for me for them games.