Ought to the Montreal Canadiens Have Accomplished Extra This Offseason?
It was a quiet low season for the Montreal Canadiens. Exterior of re-signing their younger defenseman in Arber Xhekaj, Justin Barron, and Kaiden Guhle and giving Juraj Slafkovsky a long-term extension, Canadiens administration didn’t add an excessive amount of throughout free company.
Nonetheless, there’s a course of Vice President of Hockey Operations Jeff Gorton and Basic Supervisor Kent Hughes are going by way of for the Canadiens to be a constant playoff workforce. They’ve their younger core of Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki locked up. To not point out what they’ve within the system.
So, it appears a bit untimely to suppose the Canadiens are able to take the subsequent step and compete for a playoff spot. Montreal ought to get nearer, however being in a playoff spot ought to occur within the subsequent two or three seasons.
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Gorton and Hughes need Montreal to be a constant playoff workforce, not a workforce that goes one-and-done. That’s the reason it’s shocking to listen to a former head coach say the Canadiens ought to have completed extra this low season.
NHL Community: Final week on NHL Community, Tony Luftman and Bruce Boudreau mentioned the 2 divisions within the Japanese Convention. They moved to the Atlantic Division, and Boudreau was requested which workforce he thought had extra work to do. He mentioned the Montreal Canadiens.
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Tony Luftman: “Subsequent subject, theam with one thing left to do, possibly a couple of, one thing from the Atlantic Division. Who you selecting?”
Bruce Boudreau: “Properly, I feel Montreal’s bought to do one thing.”
Luftman: “Okay.”
Boudreau: “You recognize, like, I imply, Montreal Canadians have gained the Cup 20-plus occasions. 24 occasions, to be precise. You recognize and like, I imply, they’ve kind of, I do know it’s a rebuilding, and folks speak about rebuilding and every little thing and all that, however I don’t suppose they did very a lot within the low season to get higher, except they’re going to get higher by way of development, simply on inside development.
However I imply, within the robust Atlantic Division, I feel if Montreal needs to be one of many prime locations the place you need to go. They’ve 21,000 individuals and top-of-the-line buildings to play in each evening. And I simply don’t suppose they’ve made sufficient enhancements to get into that potential playoff place.”
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These feedback are attention-grabbing as a result of I’m not certain what he expects from a workforce that can miss the playoffs once more, as they’re nonetheless rebuilding and making ready for the long run.”
