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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agamon" data-source="post: 2656233" data-attributes="member: 184">Now don't go casting stones without walking a mile in his skates...or something like that.  Being the savior of hockey in a city like Montreal is quite stressful job, as many ex-Habs have attested to.  Add to the fact that Roy was a bit quirky, even for someone that stands in front flying rubber for a living, and it's tough to blame him.  I blame that tool Trembley.  If he had never been hired as coach by the slightly less of a tool, Houle, Roy would have retired in Montreal, I think.Okay, so here's the guys with retired numbers so far:# 1 Jacques Plante# 2 Doug Harvey# 4 Jean Béliveau# 7 Howie Morenz# 9 Maurice Richard# 10 Guy Lafleur# 16 Henri RichardSo, the other six should be:# 6 Toe Blake# 19 Larry Robinson# 23 Bob Gainey# 29 Ken Dryden# 33 Patrick RoyThe sixth one, I'm not sure.  I wanted to say Lalonde, but he played back when there were no numbers.  Gainey, Roy and either Blake or Dryden are the likely inductees for this season.</blockquote>