Leaderboard

0-0-0 Record Scratches: S. Andrighetto, B. Flynn, Z. Redmond Injuries: C. Price, J. Petry Projected Lineup Max Pacioretty - Alex Galchenyuk - Brendan Gallagher Artturi Lehkonen - Tomas Plekanec - Alexander Radulov Daniel Carr - David Desharnais - Andrew Shaw Phillip Danault - Torrey Mitchell - Paul Byron Nathan Beaulieu - Shea Weber Andrei Markov - Greg Pateryn Alexei Emelin - Mikhail Sergachev Al Montoya Charlie Lindgren 0-0-0 Record Scratches: None Injuries: Eichel, Kulikov, McCormick, Okposo Projected Lineup Evander Kane - Ryan O'Reilly* - Sam Reinhart Tyler Ennis - Johan Larsson - Marcus Foligno Hudson Fasching - Zemgus Girgensons - Matt Moulson Nicolas Deslauriers - Derek Grant - Brian Gionta Josh Gorges - Rasmus Ristolainen Jake McCabe - Zach Bogosian Casey Nelson - Cody Franson Robin Lehner Anders Nilsson Leaders Montreal Buffalo Game Notes Goals Galchenyuk/Pacioretty (30) Eichel (24) Puck Drop: 7:00 PM EST Assists Plekanec (40) Okposo (42) National TV: SN360 Points Pacioretty (64) Okposo (64) Regional TV: RDS, MSG-B PIMS Emelin (71) Kane (91) English Radio: TSN 690 +/- Gallagher (+13) McCabe (+6) French Radio: FM 98.5

Joe asks a very interesting question. I think the assumption with Price is that he's not just an elite goalie - that's he's a franchise player with the capacity to be the primary driver leading you to a Cup. Nonetheless, it's worth considering Joe's point. Last year is 100% on Bergevin. What irritates me is his digs at the players for their 'lack of leadership,' as if 'leadership' could have compensated for not getting the saves. I really don't believe there was a 'leadership' issue that wouldn't have been solved by the return of Price. (And if leadership was indeed a problem, then how come neither the coach nor the team captain faced any accountability at all?). It's diversionary rhetoric IMHO, typical of the fog of war all too often emitted by Montreal GMs.

Andrighetto has always been a "meh" prospect to me, a dime a dozen type player

OK>. Let's here it.. without being insensitive.. Ha!

I wouldn't bet on that. What he forgets is the team needed a gm to make some moves. His comment does not reflect well on the GM last year. If the team was so bad they couldn't coach it, what was the GM doing?