There were some in here saying he should start over Monty in the 1st round vs Washington when he signed out the NCAA.
He was playing pretty well that year. Never had any margin for error so one injury takes its toll and now he's not a NHLer anymore.
Yup, Vincent can now go elsewhere for all I care. Read somewhere that he might be back in the NHL as assistant coach... His overuses of his AHL veterans and his mismanagement of the goalies was his downfall.
A slow defence kills you every time. #65 has Rick Green quickness. Only saw the third period, but aside from Engstrom, we were caught slow on defence. Also, we seem to have lost every battle for the puck. Laval was just outmatched. Good season otherwise. But the alleged depth in this organization was exposed. For that reason, the Canadiens must retain their two first round picks in the very underrated upcoming draft and continue their re-building process.
Not right now but you need physical toughness on the 4th line and Xhekaj will bring that in a year or so. Reinbacher is a sure fire top 4 D in another year.
Calm down. Fowler's is a 20 yr old goalie in in his first 10 AHL games!
For once I agree with you. Dobes has more potential imo. He has more dog in him. Fowler looks kinda soft and small in his net...
Insane shooting % that year but simply not big enough to play the game he wants to play at the nhl level. He was getting crushed. His skating is also not there for a smaller guy
We'll see. Some will put the work in this summer and show improvement at camp. We should benefit from some organic development from players getting stronger physically, being more experiences and more polished skills and timing. Kapanen, Beck, Reinbacher and Mailloux are getting closer.
I would rather have the Rocket prospects than Charlotte's!
Yes this board is ridiculous and overly negative with Monty for many reasons.There were some in here saying he should start over Monty in the 1st round vs Washington when he signed out the NCAA.
I have, but even so, im mostly talking about how hes penciled in as the de facto starter for us in 2026. Hes not that. He was a 3rd rounder.
And Dobes is 23 and I believe he has a better future.
This says it all. But the passage of time will not assist all of them in making them effective, contributing NHLers.
He was exposed to playoff hockey, this means he will be at training camp much more ready to go.
Both Fowler and Primeau play a lot of the game on their knees. In the NHL, they will be picked apart.
