Beliveau was ranked No. 2 all-time among Canadiens players behind Maurice (The Rocket) Richard. Had Jean Beliveau not been a man of such unwavering principle, he just might have been remembered as ...

As I met with both, I gently tried to nudge them toward my point of view that Jean Beliveau, and not Maurice (Rocket) Richard, was in fact the player who deserved to be ranked No. 1 of all-time ...