There has not been a player like him since. Not even Him, Wayne Gretzky. And something changed about team identification, too. When Orr left for Chicago, Boston fans were hurt, but they remained Boston fans. Now, we are in the age of the individual, the star player, the celeb.
Allegiances change as jerseys do.
Or what seemed like a resurrection. But then there it was, five games later, the home win over the Rangers, the first Forum win since 1968. The odd thing is, I remember the disappointments better than those moments of elation. As victory is often public - 1993, Ste. Catherine St. - the disappointments are deeply personal and are not even connected to individual games.