Quoting: KN31
how fam. Lets say Poehling, Romanov, and Primeau are out of the question but even if we do give Suzuki and KK bridge deals we will still be spending 28 mill on 4 players (petry, weber, price, edmundson) So unless they don't want big bucks when they get out of their ELCs we are ****ed in a way. However that isn't even too much of the reason why I am pissed. We will be overpaying another guy. It aint like we are spending 15 mill on tendys and we gave Edmundson who is a 6/7th dman a big deal. If you are happy with this signing you know nothing about hockey. If I wanted to give big bucks to a guy I wouldn't target Petry I'd get a LD so then we have a top 4 RHD slot to properly develop Mete or Brook or Fleury when that time comes. You are probably one of those people who liked the edmundson signing. Clearly you are a yes man who likes every move Mr.Incompetent (MB) makes.
Nope. If you actually watched the Habs games this past season, you'd notice the two gaping issues in the Habs success were: 1. Lack of scoring. No trigger man, IT-factor offensive guy. 2. Gigantic hole on LHD.
Each LHD had their positives, but the OBVIOUS problem was their lack of toughness around the crease, failure to get the puck out of the d-zone, and atrocious communication and defensive positioning. Petry, Weber and occasionally Chariot (once his place was found) were the only defensemen who effectively defended. Mete showed light in moving the puck out quickly, but a vast majority of the time was caught up too high, late coming back, failing to take the offender off the puck, along with leaving players open. It only got worst from here.
Kulak was absolutely useless 70% of his time MTL. Anything wrong with any of the other LHD, he managed to be worst. His positive play was only introduced during the play-in. Fleury struggled due to his age and lack of experience, that's all; a bright future. Oullette was beyond useless. Did not help with anything other than basic competence. Chariot took time, luckily proved to be a much bigger upgrade over Jordie Benn and also a much better overall player than Mete. The REASON the Habs LOST at least 50% of their regular-season games was due to atrocious defending, and it doesn't take a sports scientist to see that the Left side of defense was to blame.