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If Montreal was constantly good at developing talent, we wouldnt continually be changing coaches and rebuilding. They are average at best at it.
its funny how you bring up fan expectations and somehow you believe Price and even more laughable Galchenyuk who the franchise sees as a future PPG player and say they have lived up to expectations. You dont know this yet even so its ignorant to believe its some fore gone conclusion they will. That is pretty much the epitome of fan expectation here on HFboards. You just shown it. The belief that the next up in comer will meet expectations.
So far its Subban and Pacioretty and many moons ago Markov and Plekanec. More often then not its the Higgins, Komisareks, and Theodores who have a few good years, plateau. Getting players to a level then dropping means something is failing in development.
Constantly rebuilding? When was the last time this team rebuilt itself besides the semi-rebuilt of last year? Regardless, it says a lot about your point when you result to (terrible) secondary arguments to support your belief. You said the Canadiens are terrible at developing players, give me examples dude, not some nonsense about the firing of coaches, which I wont bother getting into because of just how aful of an argument it is. Coaches usually last three years on a team dude, for them to last anymore than that is usually because the team has several elite players and,or that the coach is an elite coach, which usually make the team elite.
I never said that Price lived up to expectations. What I said was, the team has not failed to develop him well, big difference. Price is considered a top 5 goalie by players, coaches and GMs, and most believe that he will get better, he is still young, how has the team failed to develop him? Failure is what Columbus did with Mason, and they didnt have anywhere near the pressure Montreal has with Price.
As for Galchenyuk, yeah, at this moment, he is succeeding the expectations of the team and scouts. The team and NHL scouts expect a PPG player out of him no doubt, but very few people expected him to stick to the NHL last year and play as well as he did. That means that he is ahead of what most expected from him at this age, meaning, he could become a PPG player faster than what most expected. The team has surrounded him with good role models, and strategically made Gallagher his roommate on the road as well as his line-mate for several games last year, that clearly helped both players. He is being developed well.
As for Higgins, Komi, and Theo,
, do you know what development is? If anything, you are proving my point. Do you know that of the three, the only player who didnt exceed expectations was Komi? Komi was drafted as a high-end physical defensemen, and that is exactly what he was for this team. Higgins however, was projected to be a top 9 forward at best, yet, he a few enjoyed top-6 caliber seasons on this team. Theodore was not expected to develop into a vezina and hart trophy winner, be he became just that and enjoyed few other great seasons. His later failures had nothing to do with bad development, but his own faults, nothing else.
The team isnt perfect, I think it failed to develop Lattendresse, Weber, Obyrne, and Dagostini well for example. Not that these guys were supposed to be superstars, but the team failed to better place them in positions of success in my opinion. Nevertheless, the positives far away the negatives. This team has done a very good job developing players. Over the last ten years, only A. Kost, Price, and A.Gally have been projected as elite players.
Andrei failed obviously, but the team is not to be blamed for here, the man just didnt have the smarts and drive. Price is an elite goaltender, despite the fact that he isnt yet where the team expect him to be, and Galchenyuk seems to be well on his way to become an elite player in in the near future.
So yeah, you are wrong.
