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Why not just try Galchenyuk at center? I mean can they really be THAT much worse? It's just common sense at this point.
Galchenyuk cant be worse than he is now that's For sureWhy not just try Galchenyuk at center? I mean can they really be THAT much worse? It's just common sense at this point.
I was excited when Therrien was finally fired and Julien was hired.
I was wrong. #firejulien
While I certainly have issues with this roster, it's not a last place roster. This system of taking tons of shots from the outside, not defending the front of the net, etc. is not working.
There was a time last night when Shaw was getting punched by Bieksa when the camera focused on Julien and the players on the bench, they all looked like they had completely lost their collective wills to live. I laughed out loud but was pissed off at the same time. Julien should have waited for a better opportunity but chose the money instead. He is a respected defensive minded coach that is trying to win hockey games with the worst D core in the entire league but he did take the money.
Drouin is french. They will keep propping him up until they both get fired despite the fact that he seems WORSE than Chuk defensively.Why not just try Galchenyuk at center? I mean can they really be THAT much worse? It's just common sense at this point.
With a 2-6-1 record already generating controversy in Montreal, a player agent added some more fuel to the Canadiens' fire on Thursday.
Dan Milstein, who represents several Russian players in the NHL and KHL, took to Twitter to lay blame on head coach Claude Julien for the team’s diminishing Russian presence and forward Alex Galchenyuk's struggles.
"Alex Galchenyuk isn't problem but coach is," he typed at 12:02pm et on Thursday. "Has never successfully coached Russian (sic). Took midseason most Russian club. All but one gone"
Milstein then responded to a user tweet citing his client Alexander Khokhlachev as an example, pointing out his lack of playing time under Julien during his time with the Boston Bruins.
"You can go back to his B's days and see what he did w/ Alexander Khokhlachev," typed @ON3M4N_SHOW. "Solid AHL numbers had 8gp & barley (sic) 10min a night under CJ"
Milstein replied, "I happen to represent Khokhlachev. Please forgive me for being outspoken but say what other agents know but won’t publicly say."
Milstein's tweets have been since removed.
The agent for Alex Galchenyuk blames Claude Julien for less Russians on the Montreal Canadiens and for his client's struggles.
http://www.tsn.ca/agent-blames-julien-for-less-russians-on-habs-galchenyuk-s-struggles-1.896907
Why would you call him Galchenyuk’s agent? I find that curious.
The agent for Alex Galchenyuk blames Claude Julien for less Russians on the Montreal Canadiens and for his client's struggles.
http://www.tsn.ca/agent-blames-julien-for-less-russians-on-habs-galchenyuk-s-struggles-1.896907
Galchenyuk cant be worse than he is now that's For sure
Sure he is!Good thing Galchenyuk is American then.
Pat Brisson told this agent to mind his own business.Sorry about that. I misread the story. Dan Millstein isn't Alex Galchenyuk’s agent. Dan Milstein represents several other Russian players in the NHL and KHL.
Pat Brisson told this agent to mind his own business.
When reached by phone Thursday afternoon, Milstein apologized for commenting on another agent’s player (Galchenyuk is represented by Pat Brisson), but stood by his claim Julien has difficulty with Russian players.
“These are my observations,” Milstein told Sportsnet. “I represent several Russian players, and I know Alex is not one of them and I’m out of line for commenting because I don’t represent him. But I’m just stating the facts.
“I have nothing but respect for [Canadiens general manager] Marc Bergevin. But it seems obvious the coach doesn’t like Russians.”
Milstein represents many Russian-born players including former Canadien Nikita Nesterov, Nikita Zaitsev, Pavel Datsyuk and Artemi Panarin.
Brisson told Sportsnet Milstein should focus on his own clients.
“He should worry about his own business and by the way should stay close to it,” he said.
It sucks that the GM called out Galchenyuk as a center. They would look stupid if they put him back at C now.
If he's not a C according to MB but can help his team to start last season with 9-1 record, how good is Drouin with a 1-7?
Milstein blaming Julien for Galchenyuk’s struggles
In a tweet that has now been deleted, player agent Dan Milstein blamed Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien for the diminishing Russian presence on the team. The tweet read, "Alex Galchenyuk isn't a problem but coach is. Has never successfully coached Russian. Took midseason most Russian club. All but one gone."
Since Julien's return to Montreal as head coach last February, the team has parted ways with Russian defencemen Nikita Nesterov, Alexei Emelin, Mikhail Sergachev and Andrei Markov and winger Alex Radulov via trade or free agency.
Milstein is not Galchenyuk's agent, but represents many Russian-born players including Nesterov, Nikita Kucherov, Pavel Datsyuk, Artemi Panarin and Nikita Zaitsev.
Galchenyuk, who was born in Milwaukee and has represented the U.S. in world hockey tournaments, has struggled early this season with just two goals in nine games while being been shuffled up and down the lineup as Julien tries to kick-start an offence ranked 29th in goals scored and stumbled to a 2-6-1 record to begin the season.
Pierre LeBrun: “Claude Julien and Marc Bergevin absolutely believe the comment is out of line. Number one, they tried to re-sign Alexander Radulov and offered him the same money that he got in Dallas and were really upset that they weren’t able to [re-sign Radulov], they lost Alexei Emelin in the expansion draft and then Marc Bergevin turned around and phoned Vegas and actually tried to re-acquire him, but obviously it didn’t work out. Emelin was traded to Nashville and they didn’t make an offer to Andrei Markov as well, so I don’t think the logic works.”
I was excited when Therrien was finally fired and Julien was hired.
I was wrong. #firejulien
While I certainly have issues with this roster, it's not a last place roster. This system of taking tons of shots from the outside, not defending the front of the net, etc. is not working.