So happy for Markov.
This must be huge for him after everything that's happened in the past year. I always wished we'd see Price, Subban and Markov lift the cup here, but Bergevin made sure that'd never happen.
We might see Subban and Markov with their own cups this year though.
But what I'm reminded most of with this win, is how wrong the haters were once again. 2nd among defensemen in ice time on his team, played in all situations and had basically all the tough defensive assignments 5 on 5.
He was good old steady Markov.
And to quote Pacioretty:
" Canadiens captain
Max Pacioretty repeatedly said that night that if Markov were to leave the team, he would score 10 fewer goals per season."
LOL, not that far from the truth.
This.
I loathe Bergevin as much as the next guy but not everything is his fault and not every player he let go was worth keeping. Let's keep in mind that Markov only ended up in the KHL because 30 other NHL teams didn't want him after the Habs let him walk.
This is straight up false. No need to make up BS.
I liked Markov but his presence this season wouldn't have meant a damn thing in the standings. All he would have done is eat up cap space for nothing and we already have Alzner doing that.
If this is true for Markov, this would be true for every player.
With 8M of unused cap space who the f*** cares if Markov would've gottent that 1 year deal. He's a good and entertaining player, something we didn't have this season. He's as close to a Habs legend as we've gotten it the last 25 years, 10 games away from 1000.
But more importantly, this team had a plan to compete this year. That's enough reason to keep a player like Markov.