Kelly: 30 years after torch passed to Bell Centre, Canadiens await Forum ghosts

There is no question that fans of a certain age still feel great nostalgia for the old Forum. I remember joining friends on many nights to buy standing-room tickets and racing up when the doors opened at 6:30 to get the best spots, right behind the reds. Later, during the early 1990s, my old friend, Richard Sweret, and I bought seats from ticket resellers. We’d always wait until the national anthems were being sung inside, and then we’d be able to negotiate a much better price for a seat in the reds because the resellers knew if they didn’t sell to us, they wouldn’t be selling to anyone.