The state of the Habs Rebuild - The Next step

[Kobe Armstrong]

5 years from now when we finally enter year 3 of the rebuild we should be ready to compete

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

We were close to finish 30th in the standings
What did overachieve?

I understand that playing hockey when playoffs are out of the horizon is not the same and some teams take you less seriously but man except Suzuki production , idk about that

76 points, all those 1 goal losses. Maybe their true worth was less than that. They had 68 the season before and didn't change the lineup much inbetween.

 

[ReHabs]

76 points, all those 1 goal losses. Maybe their true worth was less than that. They had 68 the season before and didn't change the lineup much inbetween.

Whatever happened to “natural growth”?

A young lineup + 2 years is expected to be less immature, more capable of showing consistency, more athletic, etc.

If they can’t improve their true worth over two years… what the fk are we doing here

 

[morhilane]

76 points, all those 1 goal losses. Maybe their true worth was less than that. They had 68 the season before and didn't change the lineup much inbetween.

It's not about winning, it's how they are playing. They played much better (structured, positionally) in the last 40 games of last season than they are doing right now.

They are playing like they forgot everything they learned last year.
They are playing frustrated, with no confidence, etc.

There is something that is bothering them enough to mind screw the entire line-up outside of Evans and Gally (and maybe Andy). And I don't think it's Laine/Reinbacher injuries.

 

[ReHabs]

5 years from now when we finally enter year 3 of the rebuild we should be ready to compete

I’m beginning to think some people just like losing and vaguely hoping for a better tomorrow. Nothing else explains the fans’ ambivalence to the regression.

That is, unless they’re certain none of Dach, Xhekaj, Newhook, Monty, etc will remotely feature in our glorious future.

Shame we had to miss out on Bedard in order to preserve the “winning culture”…

 

[Mrb1p]

26-27. At least 5 years for a rebuild. Usually it takes 7. We are year 3.

Devil have been rebuilding for 4, they're competing in year 4.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Devil have been rebuilding for 4, they're competing in year 4.

Not even close to true. They've been bad since 2012-2013 and have yet to make the playoffs in back to back years.