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Bring Primeau down to the ahl
I think it was Hockey Psychology that covered it in one of his videos? St Louis has come and said that he wants the Habs to start playing systems like the Panthers and other contenders, so they're ready to be on the right track when they finally develop fully. I put no blame whatsoever on him for the way they're playing honestly, they're just learning. Last year when they looked exciting they were playing a more 'free' style of hockey, and this year they're being asked to switch it up.
This team is still lacking talent, but it will be much better soon when we have Demidov, Laine, Hage & our 2025 first round pick in the line up
They will be find
TRUST THE PROCESS 🙏🙏
I think if we started by putting Primeau in waivers, getting laine back, Dach on the 4th line and Matheson at more 19 min TOI, we would see an improvement, but that's just my opinion from watching all the games this season
I'll panic if we are still struggling in 5 years. For the time being, we are nowhere near where we need to be to have a solid core, our Ds are too young, we only have 1 good goalie and the next ones are also too young. Last but not least, our second line center is either a struggling Dach who might fit better on the wing, Jake Evans who is at best a 3rd, most likely a 4th line center and Christian ''I win face-offs for 4,5 millions/year'' Dvorak. This team was always going to suck this year (and they will next year too). We need to keep drafting high, and after that, go to free agency. People have no patience in Mtl and as another commenter said, there are too many teams with stars in their prime in our division to have a chance right now. Time is on our side, we need to avoid the Bergevin's quick fixes like the bubonic plague.
at this point i think we have to look at marty. i love him but his decision arent great the vets arent doing anything on the team so bring in younger players that can make a difference. he keeps putting matheson on pp1 when hutson makes pp1 5x better and hes stuck on pp2 with armia and gallager
This is gonna be a VERY long rebuild, 5-6 years until we even come close to the playoffs, Suzuki will waste his prime years here, same as Caulfield.
Why I am happy with the Calgary rebuild. They are fairly consistantly competative in all but 3 blow out losses (others where close or ot). Older guys sticking around to mentor the young uns, a clear franchise player in Dustin Wolf 🐺 and now a huuuuuge amount of cap space to use. Much more fun to see the potential than the dire hell of san jose
This is year 2 of the Rebuild so Habs Fans had to be patient Montreal will rise again
"Rebuild Purgatory" *Shows Buffalo Sabres" harsh.. but true
I TURN IT OFF REGULARLY,THEY PISS ME OFF,IF I DO THIS AT WORK …THEY FIRE ME.
That quote before the Bruins game is perfect lmao followed by getting slapped 😂
Welcome back Jonny, i've missed you these two weeks. I watched both Canadiens games (NYR & BOS) and I could see snippets of quality but they were few and far in between. I hope this core stays together for a while though, to give them time to actually work it out.
Hudson needs to defend. He’s a DEFENSEMAN!!
guya its our last years of tank
Remember all the mtl fans saying they were making the playoffs this year? I sure do
idk our two best prospects Demidov and Reinbacher aren't even in the league yet, so sucking and adding another top pick isn't that bad
Its been hard, remembering the Patrick Roy posters on my wall, to watching Montembeault and Primeau… struggle. I shouldn't criticize professional hockey players, at their worst they have skills I could barely dream of, but lately I've been seeing a team that needs some work on fundamentals, especially in front of their own net.
What's incredible is Price would of likely won both games that is how good he was. Hopefully Fowler is our future top goalie.
My only issues with MSL is so far is laying 5 LD, 2 on the wrong side every game, part of that is barron is pretty bad, but no worse than the rest of them. Still have too many MB holdovers
I'm sort of unsure if I should even bring up the idea lest I breathe life into it, but… What if the problem's not the coach, it's the captain?
Primeau is not an NHL calibre goaltender, and Montembeau is at best a mediocre backup. Shake up the back end and the defence won't be so terrified to make a mistake thinking there's pretty much an empty net behind them if they do. Goaltending is the Achilles' Heel causing the imbalance.
I saw habs fans saying oh we’re ready now they need to realize rebuilds last a long time
Primeau has been brutal.
I've got a easy fix for you guys. Just watch the Rockets instead. They're a way more passionate and entertaining team. Just give them a try.
MSL, while I love and appreciate what he has done for the Habs since his arrival, I think is starting to hurt the development of this team.
Pairing offensive dmen with each other and stay at home defencemen with each other. Lines with 3 bigger guys and other lines with 3 small guys together. Playing Hutson waaaaay too much and not "spotting" him in spots to allow him to succeed. Stripping Xhekaj's aura/image has been mismanaged.Might be time to get a pro coach in there. These guys are men now. Time to start treating them like men.
Hope I am wrong.
If I am not, he has to go quickly.
after seeing this video i dont think we should panic they could purposely tank for hagens just to bump suzuki as a C2 where he belongs but when we enter. year five there will be no excuse
Management has shown they have no interest in trying to compete even though they said they wanted to at the start of the year. The concept that Primeau isn't gone when it is almost guaranteed 2 soft goals against every night is proof of that. They don't have the talent to compete night in night out with ECHL goaltending which is the best Primeau can give you. The don't do something soon they will slow Montembeault's progress as well knowing he has no pressure or challenger for the #1 job. Primeau isn't even the 4th string goalie in the depth chart and at some point something has to give.