Typical local media trying to fulfill it's own prophecy. Of course, it won't stop them from *****ing when the pressure gets impossible to handle and the team actually does it.
They did it to Theodore after he signed his, at the time, big contract. Theodore starting to slump and they as well as the fans started on him.
I was to young to experience the Roy fiasco though I do remember it. And my dad being mad about the French media and circus that follows and pressures this team. According to him, again I was young when it happened, his words everything started going south for Montreal when the Nordiques left. The French Politics got turned up on Montreal.
I would love to see this team operated on similar terms to other teams in the league. Lets try to land the best guy for the job. Gillette and Gainey in hindsight seemed to really have things going in the right direction until the NHL reneged on going speedy post lockout. He went skill and speed with Gomez, Gionta and Cammy to some great success as witnessed by a ECF appearance.
Alas the NHL allowed the game to get trapped up and didn't penalize the pick play nor interference with the same consistency and no tolerance they did in the first two years post lockout.
Now Montreal has a guy in charge who thinks adding big slow dmen and no depth down the middle will win games as long as we play garbage trap-like hockey with a supposed best goalie in the game in net.
Gainey was 10 yrs ahead it seems and Bergevin is 10 years behind