Habs Fan in Edmonton

As I said before. Hire the best person. I could care less what colour or sex. I would think that someone without a hockey playing background would be at a disadvantage unless of course they were brilliant and would progress quickly under Jeff Gorton's tutelage. Hopefully that someone would see the need to rebuild. I am quite confident that Jeff Gorton sees this as a rebuilding situation and he will hire someone with the same vision.

Male, female, other - I don't care, just hire good people with sound judgement who will make good hockey decisions.

He certainly won't have any trouble finding another job when he decides he wants to coach again. He probably wants a little break but who knows, coaches like to coach.

No idea. Not that it would make any difference. To survive 9 years as a head coach in a Canadian market takes talent and skill. When was the last time someone survived that long in a Canadian market? In any market? I think Jon Cooper is in his 9th year.

Paul Maurice resigned today. One of my favourite coaches in the NHL, honest, articulate, funny, classy. He is a guy who I would love to see coach the Habs but I am pretty sure he doesn't speak French.

DD has been unfairly dumped on by many here. They were basically a mediocre team last year that went on a magical run. When a mediocre team loses the kind of talent and leadership they did through injury and going elsewhere than what do you expect? DD was in a no win situation this year. Corey Perry saw the writing on the wall and made a good decision.

I would be very concerned if a coach made decisions based on reading fan forums. Very concerned.

Yup, Kenney has been the poster boy for how to handle the Covid crisis. In Kenney we trust. LOL

Saturday, they make it 2 in a row!!

Was there ever any doubt?

Caulfield gets the shootout winner!

Agree. I don't see Montembeault as having a long term future here. Primeau does need to play a lot, perhaps bringing him up for 1 game is a little reward for doing a good job in Laval. Not a big deal.

No doubt the Raptors have gained an excellent reputation for player development, maybe the Habs can learn something from them. You actually have American players wanting to play there. I know this is maybe off topic a little but this was from an article about Justin Champagnie. “I told my agent right away I wanted to play in Toronto. Like right after the workout I told him that,” said Champagnie whose agent, Todd Ramasar, also represents Pascal Siakam. “It was like a no-brainer.”

No question Petry is frustrated, I don't mind players being frustrated as it shows they care somewhat . However throwing DD under the bus is not a good look. Look in the mirror first and see what you can do to turn things around.

My record at predicting Hab wins lately has not been stellar so I will take a night off from making predictions. I agree with the post above, let's hope for an entertaining game.

And who should MB have replaced Weber and Price with? These guys are cornerstone, franchise players. You just don't walk in to Walmart and find a replacement sitting on the shelf. It's not easy to replace guys like that.

Win a cup with this group of guys??? I think you know the answer. This team is so far from even thinking about winning the cup. It's a rebuild, we know it, Gorton knows it. Of course you make the pick.

Can you imagine if that pick wasn't top 10 protected? I shudder to think of how bad that trade could look. I also think this is a tough year to judge how good Dvorak is as nobody on the Habs is lighting it up offensively.

Yes, surely DD could have devised a system to compensate for the loss of Price, Weber, Edmundson, Perreault, Byron, Danault, Perry, Tatar, KK, Hoffman now Toffoli, Gallagher, Anderson, Petry without missing a beat. Did I miss anyone?

I totally agree on that one, no more Therrien PLEASE!!

I have to admit, there is part of me that would like to see Roy behind the bench (most definitely not GM), I love his passion. It would turn out to be either a fantastic move or a terrible move, there would be no in between. It would be interesting. How would he fit into a rebuilding situation? Would he be too impatient or has he matured and could he mentor the younger players?

A good effort but not a good result. It was a great night for Team Tank though as Buffalo, Ottawa, Vancouver, Philly and Seattle all win.

The answer is YES. The losing streak stops tonight. Habs come up with a big effort.

I like Anderson and what he brings to the team. I think he is one guy you keep.

I agree, I don't seem much interest in Gallagher unless the Habs eat some of his salary which for 5 years is not enticing. I think many teams looking for added scoring would show interest in Toffoli, pretty good value at 4.5 and only 2 more years.