Habs 4 Life
No Excuses
They allowed the NHL license to expire.
Frankly, I think they shot themselves in the foot long beforehand. It was basically recycling the same players over and over with no real new blood. The NFL picks have always been strong because they'll capitalize on up-and-coming star players in every series, but the NHL would have a third new version of Carey Price in four years. The catering exclusively to Canada and "traditional" markets didn't help; outside of Stamkos, the last player from a non-traditional market was Teemu Selanne in Series 23, and before that was Eric Staal in Series 15.
Thanks. Was wondering what the hell was going on. It's too bad, I actually liked them, hope they work something out but yes, a change is much needed. Change some players/positions of the players.