Ten Stanley Cup wins…was the last as good as the first?
They were all good. When you win a Stanley Cup you are the best in the league. You are the best in the world. That’s what you play for. I was lucky enough to do it ten times. The playoffs are like a different season. They are tough, but that’s when you prove yourself. Q: As the Canadiens’ team captain for 4 years, how would you compare your role then to a team captain’s role now in the NHL? Well, I think a captain then was more like an assistant to the coach. There was only one assistant then. I was the mediator between the coach and the player. When you say what you’ll do, you had to do what you say! Today the manager is the mediator between the captain and the players. If there’s a problem, they say, “talk to my agent”. Q: The celebration of the ’72 Russia – Canada Series continues. Your goal in the second game was instrumental in changing the momentum of the series and turning it around. How do you reflect back on that? Well, it brings back a lot of memories. The second game in Toro
