Listen, ever since 1993, the Montreal Canadiens head office, fans etc, believed that they didn't need high end scorers as long as they had Patrick Roy behind the pipes. and when it wasn't Roy, it was supposed to be Jocelyn Thibault, then it was supposed to be José Théodore and then finally Carey Price(And at some point they had hope for Zach Fucale). The Canadiens Owners, GM and coaches and yes, even the fans believed that they could get themselves another Patrick Roy and be a defensive minded team who would wear out the opponents offense and beat them with their second and third lines doing that stupid "dump the puck in strategy" because they haven't had a decent 40+ goal scorer since Stéphane Richer.
I'm no super hockey analysis analytics person by any means, but I've watched hockey since the 80's and been a Habs fan since the beginning.
Every since Roy won the cup, the demand for high goal scorers in Montreal started to dwindle. The habs first liners in the 90's did not have to be better at scoring than their opponents. All they had to do was let Guy Carbonneau, etc (Who was a center for God's sake) focus on defense and Roy wear them down and jump on them with their second and third lines. and do that stupid dump the puck in strategy.
Its like the Habs lost the spirit to even attempt to get themselves a high scorer, they kept their "Super Goalie" mindset and they couldn't get out of it.
I want Montreal head office to want another Guy Lafleur, Maurice Richard, Stéphane Richer and stop hoping for a super goalie.
It frustrates me to no end.