Habster:
Below is my Top 10 list of things you either missed or should have seen at the Patrick Roy’s jersey retirement ceremony…..here we go:
#10- Before greeting the always classy and the saintly Jean Béliveau, Roy grabbed four hot dogs from nearby fans and stuff them down his throat before letting out a huge belch!!
#9- Jonathan Roy unsuccessfully tried to goat Carey Price and Jaroslav Halak into fights, instead he picked a fight with the 10 Atom goalies who beat the snot out of Johnnie Boy!!!!
#8- Angelo Esposito was reportedly seen throwing peanut to the crowd with a sign on his back which stated: “I’ll work for peanuts if you draft me, Mr. Gainey…….errrr……I mean trade for me”
#7- Patrick Roy didn’t want to use the Canadiens dressing room as his grand entrance because Brian Hayward was seen in full equipment waiting for his jersey retirement ceremony.
#6- A three week vacation itinerary/planner was seen “sticking” out of Frédérick Roy’s back pocket during the ceremony….if he’s going to a banana republic country, he might want to pack his hockey sticks as a lethal weapon.
#5- One player who won’t have to worry about planning his jersey retirement ceremony is Ryan “own goal” O’Byrne……sorry, but I’m really pissed off while I’m writing this list plus I couldn’t think of a #5 for the list!!!!!
#4- Roy’s grand entrance into the Bell Centre was delayed when he was ambushed by Mario Tremblay and Ronald Corey who were waiting for his arrival wearing Red Wings jerseys.
#3- Maybe I missed it (please correct me if I did), but did you hear Patrick Roy thank the Gillett family, the Canadiens organization, Pierre Boivin or even Bob Gainey during his speech. Maybe he thanked them before the ceremony but with that being said, he should have shown his gratitude during the ceremony, in full view of the world. It was as if he thought he was bigger than them and the honour was overdue while other Hab greats like Robinson, Savard, Gainey, Dryden, Moore, Geoffrion and Cournoyer had to wait far too long for the same honour. True gentlemen in every sense of the word, something that can’t be said for Roy.
#2- You would think “Saint” Patrick would throw some love in the direction of his former teammates from the 1986 and 1993 Stanley Cup teams by inviting them onto the ice during the ceremony……not a chance for the ego centric “Saint”. Instead, he invited his former Habs head coaches (Jacques Demers, Jean Perron and Pat Burns) who coddled the self absorbed Roy throughout his playing career in the Bleu, Blanc et Rouge……..it tells you everything you need to know about Mr. Roy, when he values his former coaches more than his former teammates….enough said!!!
#1- An apology from the not so humble Roy to the Hab faithful who worshipped his every move on the ice……simple saying the word “sorry” would have sufficed, Patrick, for walking out on the fans, your teammates and the team that took a chance on you in the third round of the 1984 draft!!