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They slipped to 4 th to get Jones. The habs slipped to whatever to get sergachev. Other than that, under mb, Montreal has been pretty competitive. 3 division first place finishes. A conference final. And this year a painful loss to one of the best teams in the league over the last 5 years. Before these playoffs Began, the rangers had played more playoff games than any other team including Chicago. I am also annoyed that under mb the talent pipeline is dry. But in general mb teams have had success. It wouldn't hurt my feelings if he were fired, but I also think there are some competitive years left in this team.

Let's fire the guy who took over a last place team 5 years ago and won 3 division titles, made the playoffs 4 out of 5 years, got to a Conference final and was nominated for GM of the year. The loss this year to the Rangers was what, 12 goals to 11 for the series? The same Rangers who have played more playoff games than anyone in that span. Do people still have their pitchforks out if they were able to win that close series? I'm putting the blame more on the players than the GM here. Talking about lack of goal scoring, look no further than the two best scorers we got with a combined ZERO goals. Sure Bergevin could have traded for "B" type scoring like a Hanzel or an Eaves, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking that those guys would have lit it up. I'm just as disappointed as the next guy with the first round exit. I thought for sure this team was going on a run this playoffs, even as the clock ticked down in the last game I still had faith. The series could have gone either way, but ultimately the Habs couldn't solve King Henrik as much as their shots and chances indicated they should have. Galchenyuk buried as a winger doesn't help (coach sets the lineup, not the GM) and Pacioretty happened to not score on any of his million shots (certainly not the GM's fault).