Équipe: 2018-19 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 10 sept. 2018

Publié: 10 sept. 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Let's not kid ourselves, we are going no where this year without a miracle.

Since Weber is out until december, Byron and Shaw as well, we don't stand a chance against the Antlantic division.

I was at the season tickets holder summit at the Bell Center yesterday and the whole Paccioretty case was supposedly dealt with as they were dealing with his agent and blablabla...

Now, we all know how those discussions where going... But that's not the point. The point is; This organisation is so opaque in terms of truth, they should be audited by Muller and be thrown off Twitter.

The Patch trade is great for the future, but at the same time proves that Bergevin gets rid of anyone who is slitly discouraged by this team's tenure.

Let's pretend that we are 'optimistic' about this season, as Geoff Molson said yesterday during the summit. Heck, the food and the drinks options are better at the Bell Center now! This'll make the team losing way more acceptable!

Jokes aside, we need to make way to the younger prospects and clean out the remaining Bob Gainey - Pierre Gauthier era players. Plekanec can stay for this season and retire as a Canadiens, but starting next season it's all out for the young guns.

Tanking is an option, but Jack Hughes will be tough to get if we don't end the season last place.

I would make recurrent changes in the line up this season for the prospects we have, such as:

Audette - C (Last season as a RFA)
Jake Evans - C
Lukas Vejdemo - C, LW, RW
Will Bitten - C
Antoine Waked - RW
Jeremiah Addison - LW
Kenny Agostino - LW
Michael Chaput - C

Victor Mete - LHD (Give him a chance to create some offence)
Noah Juulsen - RHD (Same as Mete)
Julius Honka - RHD (Schlemko was dead weight)
Brett Lernout - RHD
Xavier Ouellet - LHD
Ryan Sproul - RHD (UFA pick up)
The 2 LHD slovenian dudes (I ain't writing their names)

Charlie Lindgren - G
Michael McNiven - G
Alec Dillon - G (RFA hostile offer to LA, they probably won't match it since he played for the University of Victoria in his last rookie contract year).

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All in all, lack of transparency and utter refusal to admit that we are rebuilding is what got us here.