"The next game is the test unless we win" CanadienFan
Donald Trump, the gift that keeps on giving.
I think it's both. Drafting probably more important -- I don't see the likes of Tinordi, Chips, Leblanc killing it elsewhere
Some GMs get you to the playoffs and some GMs get you through the playoffs.
Ugh.
We're officially circling the drain.
"The next game is the test unless we win" CanadienFan
Donald Trump, the gift that keeps on giving.
I don't really care if people get mad or not. I'd rather trade a 6th round pick for an established 4th liner or bottom d-man than using one to draft a player that has a 5% chance of becoming a 4th liner or a bottom d-man.
Also use every single draft picks for players that have top 9/bottom 4 potential.
Some GMs get you to the playoffs and some GMs get you through the playoffs.
I'm not saying a developmentally challenged talent should dominate with proper training later in life...but they should be able to stay in the league,
Truthfully, I never saw anything in the players I mentioned, even early on in the process.
I felt the same way about McCarron when we drafted him. When you draft players to be 3rd liners or bottom pairing D-men, the margin of error is ridiculously small. If you fail to live up to such modest ceilings, you're on your way out of the sport.
Some GMs get you to the playoffs and some GMs get you through the playoffs.
I don't know, both Leblanc and Tinordi looked fine during their first stint in the big league, then regressed over the next few years to be completely out of the league. Had they progressed instead of regressing, they probably would still be in the league by now. Same thing with JDLR.
“We haven’t reached the ultimate, of where you walk into the building and you can sort of smell victory. But we’re a step closer to that this year than we were last year.”
“So now the pressure’s on to replicate.”
- Geoff Molson
Pierre Turgeon added as a coach to the Kings. "Offensive Coordinator". I wonder if they knew Mathieu Darche was available![]()
Comparing this thread's original post about Montreal's restructuring of player development personnel and Luc Robitaille's Open Letter from the LA Kings president is f*cking depressing.
https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/f...nt/c-290294444
https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/open-...?tid=277567788
good luck Luc navigating your sinking ship with shit contracts and dead weight
The arrogance in communication from the Canadiens organization is astonishing when compared to many professional sports in the US (I don't have many data points for the other Canadian markets). Organization leaders in many US sports organization actually spend time talking about their vision for the team, explaining decisions and even answering actual fan questions. The Canadiens for many years have acted in an arrogant "I don't need to explain myself to you, you wouln't understand" way. I really can't stand the way this organization treats their fans, some of the most devoted, and arguably some of the most knowledgeable fans on the planet, of the most prestigious team in hockey. They praise themselves as a class organization but that class is limited to within the organization. They look down at the fans like royalty used to look down at peasants. Eat cake is what they mean.