There's a few of those. It's well known that ever since Savard kicked out the media from the plane they are all suck up.
When is the last time you've heard one of the top beat reporter say something bad about the Habs?
Engels started taking vague but obvious broadsides at Bergevin toward the very very very end. But they all have the same optimist positive tone. I think it’s for the best. Habs fans don’t react well to bad things said about the Habs.
I was wrong to be so pessimistic or critical in my commentary and it has thrown me off tbh.
The fanbase is knowledgeable enough but as a fan culture it really does not tolerate negativity or criticism directed at the Habs organization. Even among my childhood friends, with whom I went to matches and watched RDS eating pizza, they don’t like to hear any criticisms. They brush it off and prefer to talk about bright spots.
If there are criticisms it has to be a scapegoat player or staff member and even then, the argument has to be so specific so that it doesn’t imply there are other problems around the club at any time.
This has been my personal observation, anyway.