The Montreal Canadiens' roller coaster final two decades of the 20th century
Image source: nhl.com It’s no secret that Pietro Triassi is a huge Montreal Canadiens fan. He has cheered for the team since he was a kid, and today, Pietro shares his passion with people online through the series of blogs he releases. On this blog, Pietro looks back at the roller coaster final two decades of the previous century wherein the Canadiens experienced some of the best and some of their worst years. While many sportswriters and Canadiens fans regarded the 1940s up to the end of the 1970s as the greatest decades in franchise history, the team struggled to stay consistent in the 20 years that followed. Image source: seatgeek.com Although the team still kept their streak of winning the Stanley Cup at least once a decade with titles in 1986 in 1993, many thanks to their legendary goaltender Patrick Roy, they still paled in comparison to the success the team had in the '70s, which had rocketed expectations. To compound matters, Patrick Roy left the team...