Come on, Montreal, you're better than this: After last night's Game 7 win against the Boston Bruins, Montrealers took the street and rioted like it was the final game of the Stanley Cup. They not only congregated in mass amounts and shouted and hollered, but several people burned a police car and rioters damaged 10 buildings.
As the Toronto Star reports, "vandals broke windows, looted a liquor outlet and a shoe store, and smashed one civilian car as thousands of jubilant fans celebrating a Habs' victory began to disperse."
Now Montreal is in clean-up mode, but it's also trying to save face. Yes, the Canadiens deserved some jubilation after a high-energy win. Yes, it's great to see sports fans showing their love for their team by teeming on city streets. But it's disgusting to hear about riots and vandalism just for the sake of it. There's no political or activist motivation behind these riots, just a win.
And it was a win, Montreal! I wonder what would happened if the Habs lost.
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