Coaching is a serious problem.

[sampollock]

if mumbles was still here he would be hung
MSL is not taking too much heat yet

 

[habbubba]

if mumbles was still here he would be hung

if the rumors are true,he is hung. lol

 

[The Last Red]

It must have been someone else who brought up our speed, it wasn't me. I am focused on one thing and that is getting better down the middle. Hell, if we had Leon Draisaitl he wouldn't be able to put up points playing with Evans or Dvorak.

That was me, as per Max Lapierre.

 

[HabzSauce]

Keep MSL for this season he's the perfect tank commander. Next season when Demidov comes in we should get a serious coach. So who's it gonna be? Té-Rien or Claude "dumb dumb" Julien? Lmao

I want Michel. He'd whip us into shape overnight. Get the kids hooked on cigarettes and maybe then we'll get some respek

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

Slaf, Suzuki, CC aren’t slow. Demidov will help speed things up a little. Beck is coming, Newhook’s got speed… we’re okay on that front.

But small.

 

[BLONG7]

Ranked number one in terms of players 23 and younger. We’re still in the early stages of a rebuild.

Disappointing year but we’re still on track in terms of the big picture. I have zero problem with our GM.

The coach? Everyone has a shelf life. MSL may have passed his. We’ll see on that front.

HuGo has had so much to do when taking over. The habs had nothing in terms of a business style hierarchy on or off the ice....................The cap issues, the injury issues left behind, and the bad contracts. The only team in the league that did not use analytics, and went on hunches.

So no issues with 2.5 seasons of that at this point...................the ocaches are an entirely different story.
I like Marty The Philosopher, but he needs an X and O guy period. Should never have been an option.

 

[OldCraig71]

lol you can still suck down the middle and score goals., the team has no system and certainly not one the players understand. We had no C's last year either and played much better. Why are we refusing to shoot the puck? Why are players lost? It isn't because we suck in the middle of the ice

We had Monahan helping Suzuki, he was at .7 point per game average in a second-line role.

 

[HuGo Sham]

HuGo has had so much to do when taking over. The habs had nothing in terms of a business style hierarchy on or off the ice....................The cap issues, the injury issues left behind, and the bad contracts. The only team in the league that did not use analytics, and went on hunches.

So no issues with 2.5 seasons of that at this point...................the ocaches are an entirely different story.
I like Marty The Philosopher, but he needs an X and O guy period. Should never have been an option.

very true. he still has to deal with the awful contracts given to Andersen, Dvorak, armia and Gallagher

 

[HabzSauce]

I believe HuGo would’ve preferred erring on the side of conservatism with public messaging while internally pushing for giant next step in the process.

Molson is a businessman first & not one NHL owner is ok with leaving potential $ on the table for numerous years, 3 was more than enough of a sacrifice in Molson’s eyes

We will defs be buyers/spenders this summer. Especially if we stay in the basement all year

 

[HabbyGuy]

There has to be some changes coming...............the boys upstairs wanted some improvement, and we are not seeing it from the team or the coaches....In the mix...............was the goal. Basically everyone pretty much has $hit the bed.
Expecatations have changed, but nothing else has..................accountability folks, there needs to be some at this point.

Can anyone see us ripping off a 4-5-6 game win streak? We look the same, or some nights worse than last year. MSL is the captain.

Not to single you out, but we're 3-1-1 in the last 5 despite all the negativity. The reality isn't as bleak as the perception.

There's a ton of work to do but the sky isn't falling.

As always, (much to the chagrin of this thread) patience remains the key. Rebuilds aren't for the squeamish, panicking is the last thing we should be doing.

 

[RealityBytes]

3-1-1 in the last 5 despite all the negativity.

The reality isn't as bleak as the perception.

Ton of work to do but the sky isn't falling.

As always, (much to the chagrin of this thread) patience remains the key. Rebuilds aren't for the squeamish, panicking is the last thing we should be doing.

Yeah, but the Habs are still at the bottom of the conference. The team is not bad enough to be bad, not good enough to be good. It's worse, more like being just good enough to be one of the mediocre teams in the lower half of the division. A place where average teams just get stuck in the middle of nowhere.

 

[HabbyGuy]

Yeah, but the Habs are still at the bottom of the conference. The team is not bad enough to be bad, not good enough to be good. It's worse, more like being just good enough to be one of the mediocre teams in the lower half of the division. A place where average teams just get stuck in the middle of nowhere.

We have a ton of quality coming up through the ranks, this year is about growth and transition. Hasn't been pretty, but there's plenty of time to right the ship. Help is on the way in the next couple of years, also I fully expect this management team to address some other needs in the offseason.

Roster as it is now will inevitably struggle at times.

People will say we played better last season with same roster, but the truth is we've only gotten younger, and lost some helpful pieces in Monahan, Harris and Kovacevic.

Hopefully Laine will give this team a boost.