Ollie: that is a very personal and sensitive topic and not for these Yahoo posts  Many Habs actually went, the real stereotype is that the Rocket didn't go when Milt did. However what most media types leave out is that the Rocket according to the military was not physically fit, even the Habs weren't sure he could play hockey  after frequent injuries, plus there were political and cultural issues that are really none of our business and have nothing to do with hockey teams.  So leave it, pal, you are certainly smarter than that. The other argument is that in general, while some teams lost players for PR reasons  most teams didn't.  In fact my wife's uncle was over there with Milt, and my father-in-law taught/trained some of these guys;  most just sat around and paraded for photo-opts, they never really fought. So let's leave that one in the stands.