Quoting: Habs4ever
Geez, you have a bromance with Petry! lol this post was only focused on the D. Petry, is good on offense but I do not like his d-zone coverage. In 2000, I was coaching at Junior A level and I had the best forward in the entire league. I got my GM and one of the scouts pissed at me when I said, let's trade him and get a back up goalie, a hard hitting d-man and a pick. They argued with me, he will give one goal per game but I said, his defense is terrible. Long story short, we traded him and the scout quit. In 16 yrs they had one player drafted. The year I coached them, they had 7 players drafted or attend as a free agent. I love the way Petry skates and his passes are above average but he has been known for many years to have brain farts defensively. To lining up on wrong side of player, not knowing when to get in or out of the defensive hole. So I am not a fan. A good player is also sound defensively. Same reason why I did not like Cammalleri. Steve Yzerman said he became a very good player when he learned how to play defense. Do not get me wrong, the team has holes and Carey had a terrible year. Weber being out did not help, Markov and Radu leaving did not help. They have good picks coming and it will show in 2 to 4 yrs. I am also thrilled they fired Sylvain Lefebre. Many of his players did not like him. Joel is much more intense and players love to play for him.
No bromance in the slightest! He pisses me off too with some of those idiotic crossovers he does but that is besides the point.
This is just a general principal of asset management. regardless of whether your opinion of an asset is good or bad, it makes no difference. That asset has value amongst those willing to pay for it. That's what MB hasn't done correctly and it drives me absolutely bonkers.
Galchenyuk is the prime example. Kid was drafted to be an impact center. Never quite could do it for the Canadiens for X reasons. Rather than switch to the mentality of I know have a talented winger, I'll continue to diminish my own asset by continuing to have expectations for this player that you know won;t be attained, rather then embracing what he does do!
The same here is happening with Petry. We finally have another player other than/since Subban who can skate the puck up the ice. The one thing that was sorely lacking in the MTL roster these past year since Subban left. It has gotten so bad that we've resorted to a 19 year old 5'10 165Lbs dman to take on the load. Ahead of him truly being ready for it.
Petry has been much better than people give him credit for because the Habs stink and he's expected to much of for what he's capable of giving.