Post-Game Talk: Press Conference over: Better food coming, bad attitude, Carey Price’s fault & 27 is not a Center

[The Gr8 Dane]

Dude I wish molson wasent by his side . Would have been insane to have him up there alone without molson saving him a couple times. Mb would have probably lost it haha

 

[Seb]

what could they do to make this team better, really?? what???

The first step, and it's easy, is to move away from Bergevin as far as we can.

 

[sampollock]

can't win, if you can't score.

 

[Tighthead]

I don't even know if even the most ardent Bergevin defenders can defend him after that presser. For one of the few teams that has communication requirements for its GM, he's awful at communicating.

My French is really poor, but certain things come across, listening. He is very defensive, speaks with very little gravitas or confidence. He does come across as authoritative. He’s exasperated and combative from the start.

 

[Habsfan18]

“You were 30th in goals scored. Where do you even begin, Marc?

“Well, it starts with Carey Price..”

I literally can’t let that shit go. I can’t believe an NHL GM answered that question with that answer. It doesn’t even make any f***ing sense..Wake up Geoff, god damnit.

 

[sampollock]

I bet MB nailed back a Molson beer after that hour

 

[Tyson]

Molson has made a mess and refuses to face it. This organization has become a Mickey Mouse outfit. Sad to watch such an iconic franchise in the hands of utter buffoons. I pray to god that the opening game in October is not sold out.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

The first step, and it's easy, is to move away from Bergevin as far as we can.

Yup it only goes up from there.

The guy just dosent get it, did not get it 6 years ago and still dosent. Hes just not able to construct a competitive hockey team.

 

[HOPE]

Where can i find the full conference

 

[Ozmodiar]

my earlier prediction.

He will focus on ...
- external factors that limited his options
- league parity
- injuries
- youth learning new positions
- previous draft positions (in 20's)
- players not stepping up

Did MB cover these points?

 

[Andrei79]

my earlier prediction.



Did MB cover these points?

Literally all of them.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

my earlier prediction.



Did MB cover these points?

All of them of course but now aparently the locker room has a bad "attitude"

 

[Tighthead]

The reference to Kopitar is classic MB. Pick one data point, establish zero correlation, and make it your game plan.

 

[CauZuki]

“You were 30th in goals scored. Where do you even begin, Marc?

“Well, it starts with Carey Price..”

I literally can’t let that **** go. I can’t believe an NHL GM answered that question with that answer. It doesn’t even make any ****ing sense..Wake up Geoff, god damnit.

Most GMs will tell you to build from the goalie out like Chicago & Pitsburgh .

 

[snakeye]

Did they talk about hiring a president?

 

[Captain Mountain]

My French is really poor, but certain things come across, listening. He is very defensive, speaks with very little gravitas or confidence. He does come across as authoritative. He’s exasperated and combative from the start.

I'm not even talking about cadence or delivery (although I probably should). I'm not sure he fully understood all the questions and he was fumbling over himself in both languages (I may be wrong since my French is poor too, but those that speak it here commented on his French responses).

 

[void]

“You were 30th in goals scored. Where do you even begin, Marc?

“Well, it starts with Carey Price..”

I literally can’t let that **** go. I can’t believe an NHL GM answered that question with that answer. It doesn’t even make any ****ing sense..Wake up Geoff, god damnit.

And then there's this:



I wonder how Carey feels right now after getting thrown under the bus like this.

 

[Ozmodiar]

early in presser:
'attitude was the big problem'

then:
'would we have had the same attitude problem with those guys (markov, emelin, beaulieu) in the room? probably not.'

end of presser:
'would we have done better with last year's defense? not much better.'

 

[CauZuki]

And then there's this:



I wonder how Carey feels right now after getting thrown under the bus like this.

Top 3 dumbest GM in the NHL...

 

[Captain Mountain]

The reference to Kopitar is classic MB. Pick one data point, establish zero correlation, and make it your game plan.

Plus ignoring environmental factors. Classic Bergy.

 

[Ozmodiar]

All of them of course but now aparently the locker room has a bad "attitude"

so with this mess of a roster, he thinks the team needs an intangible quality.
great!!

 

[Miller Time]

Best news to come out of this presser...

If we don't land Dhalin this year, we can rejoice in getting a similar or better shot at Hughes next year!

 

[The Great Weal]

Price knew what he signed up for. Had he been a UFA, I'm positive he doesn't come back.

 

[Seb]

Did they talk about hiring a president?

That's the scariest part of the PC, imo. Molson said we should expect changes in the management... But not the poeple in place... No... Changes in the way they do things.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Bergevin was somewhat lucky, as painful as that press conference was, that they didn't bring up his ridiculous quotes from the beginning of the season. ''This is the first season in which the team is built to my liking,'' and ''we're better than last year, especially at the blue line.''

What I would have liked to have heard asked is how he plans to keep up with the teams in the conference, specifically in our division, who are stock piling elite talent. Toronto completed their rebuild, Boston retooled, NYR is in full rebuild mode, Florida's cup runneth over with insanely talented players, Buffalo's gotta figure it out eventually. That's not a process which is happening. Big assets are exchanged 1 for 1, so there's no potential for accumulation. Bergevin has never acquired a 1st round pick. NYR is going to draft potentially 7 times between 2017 and 2019 in the first round. How can you possibly expect to keep up?