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The greatest Canadiens to wear the club's unretired numbers

By Ken Campbell
The Hockey News

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

If the Montreal Canadiens keep retiring the numbers of everyone who deserves it, they'll look more like a football team than a hockey team in a few years. The Canadiens, who do these ceremonies far better than anyone else in the NHL (are you watching, Maple Leafs?), retired their 12th number Monday night when Larry Robinson's No. 19 was raised to the rafters of the Bell Centre. That will be followed by Bob Gainey's No. 23 in February with it all but certain the Canadiens will retire Patrick Roy ...

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