It is all everyone in the city is thinking and talking about right now, what’s happening to our beloved Montreal Canadiens? Don’t worry, it’s a rhetorical question, we all know what’s going on. The 8 game winless, yes winless, cause the Canadiens have managed to grab 3 points out of this streak, is starting to wear thin, and fans are frustrated and want Geoff Molson, Marc Bergevin and Claude Julien to be fired, so the team can start fresh and press the reset button.
Considering how the season has gone so far, the Canadiens are surprisingly not out of it, but it’s December, not even passed the mid way point yet. However, that doesn’t change the fact that the Canadiens are not up to speed with these other teams, and lack the talent needed to win in this league. Bergevin has said this is a reset, and not a rebuild. Us fans, we know damn well we’re in a rebuild, the Canadiens just don’t like to admit that.
I’ve been reading what fans have been saying around social media, just to get the variety of opinions fans have got to say: “Fire Bergevin and Julien and Molson”, “Trade Price and Weber for assets”, “This team sucks, fire everybody”, “Can’t watch this team anymore”, “Bergevin doesn’t do anything as a GM, always trades for depth players and can’t sign anybody in free agency”, etc. Okay, I want to put a little perspective here, because some of these comments are out of pure rage, and some fans are not thinking straight. When it comes to trades, this is not playing Franchise Mode on NHL 20 on your Playstation 4 or Xbox and making trades on the fly, this is the real world. The trades have to be fair, not just for your team’s benefit.
Sure, it seems Marc Bergevin has under delivered since his tenure begun in 2012, but definitely not for a lack of trying. He’s had some good signings here and then, but it just hasn’t resulted in a Stanley Cup winning team , which they haven’t won since 1993, so it’s a notice that a change is definitely needed in the organization. In my opinion, a change needs to be made, not from a coaching standpoint, because even though they haven’t made the playoffs 4 out of the last 5 years, Claude Julien has done pretty well, considering with what he has to work with.
My advice would be not to hit the panic button yet until the new year comes in, and if the Canadiens haven’t come out of this slump, then changes need to be made, on all fronts. That includes players, management, and even owner. It’s time for something to give, because it’s tiring watching the team not do well. All things will be under a microscope in the coming months, and everyone should be worried.
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