7. Larry Robinson
Larry Robinson is not the first person that comes to mind when you think of scary Canadiens players. That’s because he was certainly not an enforcer in his day, nor was he the type of player to do anything crazy on the ice that could injure an opponent.
However, facing Larry Robinson in the 1970’s would still be a very terrifying experience for any NHL player. That is because Robinson was simply the best defenseman on the best team every put together in the NHL. He was a dominant two way force that defended his zone as well as anyone and also piled up points at the other end.
He could skate the puck out of his own zone and set up a play, fire a stretch pass to one of the Canadiens many Hall of Fame forwards who played with him or blast a slap shot from the point to beat a goaltender.
At 6’3″ and 220 pounds, he was also one of the biggest players on the ice in those days. Though he was not a regular fighter, he did drop the gloves with some of the league heavyweights at the time and more than held his own.
When you are a superstar that is good enough to win Norris and Conn Smythe Trophy’s, you don’t have to fight that often to frighten the opposition, but just knowing he is tough enough, and maybe crazy enough to fight guys like Dave “The Hamme” Schultz would just make him that much more terrifying to play against.