Again I disagree. Molson doesn't mind spending, he's never put a ceiling on the cap, we never lost players because of finances, last year we had about 10M in unspent cap, this year we have about 7...That alone is 17M. If his main concern was money, there's also no way he signs off on trading Subban, the most popular player.
No, the provincial taxes. Also, the only reason we're seeing some of our crumbling infrastructures repaired lately is because one of the points in Trudeau's platform was he was going to shell out federal money to all the provinces to upgrade the nation's infrastructures and stimulate the economy. If he hadn't come along with his going into debt plan, no one would be repairing Montreal's streets, bridges and highways. It's an effing disgrace. Montreal has the infrastructure of a 3rd world city.
Investing in the rest of Quebec meanwhile Montreal is falling apart. Sounds like a bad investment to me but to be fair it's not all the provincial government's fault. The Montreal administrations over the decades have been corrupt.
Bergevin played 1 191 games in the NHL , that's the 70 th player with the most games played in the NHL history .
. But yeah , he's traded Subban and Sergachev , so ...
Bergevin played 1 191 games in the NHL , that's the 70 th player with the most games played in the NHL history .
Than he became scout and than pro scout director for the Hawks
than he became coach assistant for them and 2 years later was named " directeur du personnel "
He than was assistant-DG for the Jets before he get the job of DG for the Habs . He was a nominee in 2012 and in 2013 for best GM of the NHL .
He travels around the world , wins millions $ each years and works for one of the prestigious sport franchise of the world . Sorry but it's a lot of accomplishment for an idiot
The real question is where Montreal will be in two years -- the roads and the hockey team. Both are in a forced rebuild, not due to strategic planning but because after years of denial the foundation has crumbled and management had no choice. So right now the team and roads are in total disrepair. Montreal is an embarrassment. Yet the city is abuzz with draft picks and cranes and rookies and construction and new coaches and new highways. Lots of activity! Lots of promises that we'll see a better product in the near-future because, well, look at all the changes! Problem is, we've been promised this before and have been burned again and again. Montreal the hockey team and the infrastructure have been doing patch-jobs for so frikkin long that we no longer believe management is capable of lifting itself anywhere. Maybe this time will be different. But right now it looks like frantic paddling to keep themselves from sinking even further.
A speedy bunch of forwards with not much of a physical presence with the ability to transition with the best of them and they are expected to dump and chase when they don't even need to!!!! What a God damn ape Therrien was! Add Subban and Price at the back and you should be thinking that we should use our speed to our advantage but no, we need to play like the LA Kings! I look at how Gerard Gallant had Vegas play this year and I think, hmm did he just come up with a way to make a speedy team of castoffs get to the Stanley cup finals and almost pull of the expansion success story of a century or did he already have built that theory as he stood behind our bench? Think about what we could have been with someone competent behind the bench and upstairs!
Since when is Molson viewed as greedy not completely invested in his business success?
Bergevin played 1 191 games in the NHL , that's the 70 th player with the most games played in the NHL history .
Than he became scout and than pro scout director for the Hawks
than he became coach assistant for them and 2 years later was named " directeur du personnel "
He than was assistant-DG for the Jets before he get the job of DG for the Habs . He was a nominee in 2012 and in 2013 for best GM of the NHL .
He travels around the world , wins millions $ each years and works for one of the prestigious sport franchise of the world . Sorry but it's a lot of accomplishment for an idiot
Notice that they having said publicly that this is a rebuilding year? What do you think comes out of their mouths come mid November if the team is already out of the playoff running? You guessed it, this is a rebuilding year! Mark my words and remember my post when that time comes.
I'm pretty sure owners don't interfere with contracts, negotiations, signings, etc. Sure, owners and GMs meet to set budgetary limits and of course owners sign their names to the contracts -- it's their money, after all -- but it's the GM who makes the personnel decisions of who they sign and for how much. Weird as it seems, Molson must still have trust in Bergevin to make the right moves. To a point. No owner will publicly rip their GM, but there is absolutely a clock ticking down on Molson's patience and Bergevin's employment. He'll be fired eventually, but none of us will see it coming.
