Georges Laraque, who currently wears #17 for Les Canadiens, has asked to wear his preferred number, 27. Apparently Bob Gainey, or "the management" told him no, since it might upset some of the remaining Kovalev fans.
If Laraque had asked to wear Koivu's 11, I would definitely understand a refusal. But this is ridiculous. Montreal's management wanted to make a clean break from the old team and head in a new direction. Yet they're holding on to a number that belongs to a departed player, with whom they made it very clear they had no interest in continuing a relationship.
What is WITH this team? If they wanted Kovalev to wear #27 for Montreal, they should have re-signed him. And yes, the fault was entirely with Bob Gainey for not re-signing him. If they wanted to make a clean break, then they should make it a clean break: put #27 up for grabs and move on.
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