HuGo just needs to hold up the leafs as a cautionary tale on how not to build a contender
Tavares signing was a disaster - way too much money on a team that already. had depth @ Centre.
Too much money for 4 guys who all essentially play the same way.
Marner's a 100 point, regular season ballerina.
you don't win in the playoffs with guys like this.
They keep plugging 3rd and 4th lines that don't really contribute.
they haven't developed a dman of any talent since Reilly.
And they never had a goalie like price or swayman for instance who can mask the warts.
Additionally, to go places in the playoffs you need some f***ing assholes on your team - during covid run we had (younger) eddy and- chiarot and weber -
today, Boston has marchand and pasta plays with an edge -McAvoy too...
florida's culture changed with Tkachuk trade, TB plays filthy and does whatever it takes to win...
Habs need to make sure they have several of these types of players going forward or else we aren't making any deep runs in the playoffs , imo