Saturday, October 5, 2013  The Smoking Torch  In the aftermath
of George Parros' fight and subsequent concussion on Tuesday
night, the outcome of the game itself became something of a
secondary story line. Thank goodness it did, because not only
did the Habs lose yet another game to the leafs, but they did it
after yet another over-the-top session of wallowing in their
past glory.  The torch was appropriate when the Forum closed in
1996, marking the end of an era and the passing to a new one
with a Cup win still in recent memory. It was appropriate during
the ill-fated Centennial celebrations, which were supposed to
pay tribute to all the great players who made the organization
one of the most successful in sports. It's no longer
appropriate.  When a team has done exactly nothing of note in
more than twenty years, the ties to the past begin to fray.
Where once a culture of winning existed, in which young players
learned the game from the champions who came before, there's now
a culture of poor drafting, bad m