i know who made the choice to send Mccarron to the CHL because Marc Bergavin took responsibility for it when Mccarron won a Memorial Cup then later blamed 'altered development in the CHL' indirectly blaming Hunter for changing his development to become a Center a position he never played at a competitive level until Londons center went down first week of November and Mccarron was asked to step in leading to a full time job and eventual championship .

whatever way you see it , its clear you dont watch the Habs.com interviews and updates or you'd be working with all the same information i am .

Bergavin also said he was told by Timmons boss to take Quebec Major Junior All Star Mikhail Gregerenko but wanted a 2nd opinion so went to one of MTL tenured scouts and development personnel for a 2nd opinion at which point Timmons suggested a forward and a defensman in Galchenyuk and Reilly of which MB chose at a time we needed D in a top 10 stacked with D to go with a winger who had barely 40 competitive games as center .

i've watched Bergavin and even when i was Admin at #HOTH i spent 90% of my time explaining his moves and the big picture context but to be honest Bergavin came in at a time when Gainey's daughter died and Pierre Gauthier had been given control of no only Draft and Developmenet but in a GM capacity as Gainey fought through personal issues . Bergavin inherited Vezina winners , Norris Trophy Winners and Pure Goal Scorer's from Gainey's years drafting and if he couldnt step up and fix Gauthiers mess he never should have taken the job .

its kinda funny Gauthier went over to CHI around the same time and destroyed their drafting/development department as he's a toxic person who's outdated.

my point is simple , Bergavins had his time but it wasnt until Timmons was taken from over achieving employee to management did we even begin to succeed based on new players drafted. Bergavin isnt a GM he's to weak to make the big trades but he would be 100x the President that Molsons been as i think Bergavin is smart enough to hire good employee's he's just not someone capable of landing players like Timmons has more consistently each year he's given more power.

if MTL was smart they'd do what Stevie Y did in TBL with Brisboise but instead of having MB leave make him upper management. Timmons has been in MTL almost 2 decades he's the man to build a cup team for us

We will just agree to disagree. I remember specifically an interview where Bergevin said he wanted to take Reilly but he deferred to Timmons opinion because he was just taking over as GM. He specifically said sometimes you have to trust the guys working for you.

What are you talking about, Bergevin is too weak to make the big trades? He has probably made the most blockbuster deals in the NHL since he has taken over. I listed all of the great trades he has made to build this roster.

It feels like you have something personal against Bergevin, you will choose to discredit his work when it fits your motive, but won't give him credit when it doesn't. Like you said he surrounds himself with good people (that's what a good GM should do), and maybe it's been a process to get to this point, but he was a 1st time GM when he took over.

I like the direction MTL is headed, honestly no GM will ever succeed in a market like MTL, there is no patience. Development of players takes 4 years, but the fans want the GM fired if he doesn't make anything happen in 3. This habs management always looks to the future and rarely overpayed in a trade, which is what I like.