ismelofhockey
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- Oct 22, 2017
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I'm a fan of Bergevin, but in a tough spot he had a tendency to panic. He was great at individual moves, but he was poor at long term planning. And he couldn't assemble a good drafting & development team.And Bergevin quickly found the error of his ways seeing as how he joined Danault in LA this year. I think it was Montreal who were hasty in their sacking of Bergevin and I think it will haunt them for a while. Bergevin is a great manager, a great man, he's not dead yet and he will rise to the top once more sooner or later.
In the summer of 2017, he destroyed all the progress he'd made building the team by failing to bring Markov and Radulov back, which forced him to deal Sergachev for Drouin, sign Karl Alzner, and rush Mete to the league.
The Habs tumbled from 1st in the Atlantic and 3rd in the Conference in 2017 to 6th in the Atlantic, missing the playoffs.
Last summer he had another disastrous offseason on par with 2017's. He should have accommodated Danault's wishes for a more offensive role. Danault was arguably our best forward and a local in a city starved for home grown talent.
In two summers he completely dismantled all the good he'd done.