Its all on MB, the coaching staff NHL and AHL. We are unable to bring the best of our players.. DSP, Galchenyuk, Eller, Sekac, our AHL team has been abysmal since day one when MB took over with his buddy Lefevbre we used to be a lock for the playoffs with inferior skill level in previous regimes since then if im not wrong we havent made once the playoffs thats pretty bad yet lefevbre is still there like he would be a doing anything right at the opposite i cant recall wich player has been brought up and had a true impact. Please someone refresh my memory. The freaking core who manage to do well at the NHL level, are players that have already done so under different managements. I certainly wont say Subban, Price or Pacioretty success are related to Therrien those guys were already at a similar level before. Only unquestionable positive move has been getting Waite. We go and pickup 3-4th liners thats all we do, MB battle for bridge contracts wich are completly useless since we cant manage to acquire the missing pieces to be a true cup contender during that time.. Once the bridge is over we are actually now stuck with more expensive contracts wich wont allow us to take advantages of the bridge years.. See Subban and most likely Galchenyuk.. I dont see how thats smart... We cannot evaluate players appropriately.
And to finnish MB hadnt even dare to make 1 deal that would put his signature with the club. At this rate by the time he is fired no one will remember nothing of his legacy... Weird clothing weird beard big ego good excuses... Mainly they will remember he got a tremendous core and couldnt improve the roster in any way.
Its all on MB. He asked for it. He get's it.
I cant understand how people can let it go.
Why would Bergevin and Therrien have special treatments that Gainey/Gauthier and Carbonneau/Martin didnt get? When in fact Molson was clear our goal was to attempt to win the cup. Not just aim for a playoff spot. Im pissed.
Good post but I disagree with the bolded part. Waite has been a disaster. Every non-Price goalie we've had has been RIDICULOUSLY bad. Not just kinda bad, but well below average.
If Waite works well with Price, fine, but that's more because of Price than Waite. Because he's effectively been awful with Budaj, Tokarski, Condon and Scrivens (who is bad anyway).
Okay but I think it's disingenuous to rip on a player, have zero problem with the trade and then come and bash the team for having made it.
I will be the first to say that I'm shocked with how hot he's gotten. I never expected it to happen and I don't expect it to continue. But if it does continue I'm not going to bash the team for making a move I didn't have a problem with when it was made.
Agreed.
I hated DSP and hated the Sekac trade. I never really cared for Sekac either but he was quick and had hands (maybe no toolbox though). I was upset at the trade because we never gave a chance to the player adapting to NA ice, and that we acquired a sure-fire bust with documented EATING issues.
I don't care he's hot now, he had ample oppurtunity with the Habs and wasn't ever useful. If he's turned the corner, great, if not, who cares.
Of course all of this is with the understanding that Therrien and his staff are awful and do not get the best out of players whatsoever.
