Thanks for this summary.Geoff Molson had another interview with Rejean Tremblay for Journal De Montréal. Here are the things they spoke about:
Important for fans to have hope for who exactly...?? For him and his pockets.- Molson is fully aware of the fans' frustrations and said they will change in depth the way they communicate with the fans. He said the will aim to be more transparent and improve the experience for those who attend games at the Bell Center. But it all starts by winning. He says that it's important that fans go into next season with hope.
Yes, it all starts with winning, and the guy he is entrusting has lead the team to two bottom 10 finishes in 3 years, the other year he had to fire his newly extended coach to prevent yet another collapse.
Smart.
This means so little. It has PR stunt written all over it.- Like in La Presse, he spoke about hiring Paul Wilson (from National) as consultant to help communicate better. He said instead of giving people the least amount of information possible, we will give them the most without putting the players in a difficult position.
People made fun of Bergevin because he didn't say the reason for this trade, but in all seriousness, nobody gave two shits about it. What people cared about was leaving Tinordi in the pressbox for like 3 months, killing any and all his value, that we had to move him for a crap enforcer who has trouble skating.- To further show how transparent they want to be, he goes back to the Tinordi trade. They got Bartley and Scott in return. He says that they should have been open about why Scott was included in the deal. He says it was because the Coyotes wanted to get rid of his contract. He says in such an instant, they should have said what the reason was so everyone can understand.
But okay, let's bring on the transparency.
Well..way to be transparent...- Tremblay asks that if Molson is so close to Marc, he must know "the plan." Molson said he does. He knows what personnel will be let go. But explains that it's next to impossible for the plan to be executed at 100% because they don't know which teams will let go of who among those still in the playoffs.
Did he also repeat that the plan is to trade, sign, draft and hire players/personnel?
I don't think they understand that these "what is the plan" questions are about. Nobody expects them to come out and say "we will trade for X player", it's about the general outline.
Year 1-2, rebuild, accummulate prospects/picks, focus on drafting and bringing in the best possible personnel for development. Year 3-4, be more active on trade-free agent front, year 5 become legit contenders.
THAT is what a plan is. Nobody expects them to say ''we will trade Pacioretty to the Coyotes on June 30th".
f***ing idiots. They still don't get it.
Insightful.- He mentions the draft. The lottery will take place on the 28th and they will know where they will select. He says that a Rasmus Dahlin would definitely change the dynamic because they wouldn't need to find someone to play next to Weber.
Pretty amazing that we trade our best player who could pretty much carry any Dman given to him for a less versatile Dman, and then move our only blue chip Dman prospect for a winger, and now we need to find someone...
Great job. I guess...no comment there.
Well no, it's on both sides, as seen with Markov.- And then there's free agency. They will be very active. But at the end of the day, the decision lies with the player.
Is that supposed to excuse the bad trade that it was?- It's already mentioned in this thread, but Molson says that trading PK was a decision they were looking into months in advance. Molson thought long and hard about moving such a superstar. And when Weber became available, the reflection to move Subban was already made. Which is why the actual trade was quick to be put together.
Well if he was really concerned, he should look at ticket price vs average income after taxes. Not that I know where the Habs would rate, I have no clue.- He ended by answering a question about ticket prices. He said that when he took over the team, the Habs were third in the league in ticket prices. Now they are 8th or 9th. He said he's happy with that. He also mentions that with a 21,000-seat arena, there are a lot of the higher seats are at a popular price.
Also, who is he kidding. He isn't raising ticket prices because there is no way he could justify it and it would cause a big backlash.