Re: Montreal Canadiens
Originally Posted by
blayze
I truly believe the Habs need to make a drastic change... either through the front office or on the ice.
They need to change their long-term strategy and culture. For too long they've done the same thing every single year - playing disciplined hockey in a good system with average players which works wonders in the regular season only to get exposed in the playoffs.
I agree, but it seems like they refuse to do that mostly due to the marketing of the ''brand'' in Montreal. A rebuild, forcing the team to have below .500 seasons and not make the playoffs for 2-3 years is volatile for the Habs market. The marketing team has built a great ''product'' and I doubt they are willing to scrap what they have to ''try'' to win a cup. If your team is good and it sells out games every night and your merchandise is being purchased and all, why would you risk losing that? When the Habs win a playoff game/series, it feels like a Cup win in Montreal. They won't risk not selling out 41 regular season games to maybe get a tad further in the playoffs...
Anyways, I'm not saying this is the truth, but it is what I've come to see from the team over the years. They put the business side before!
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Cooley, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay