And there it is. Great game by the habs. Edmundson was great tonight, as was the 2nd PP unit (obviously), and the habs look like themselves again.

The Canadiens have relieved Stéphane Waite of his duties and have appointed Sean Burke as director of goaltending.https://t.co/hOXX0Jx5rK

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) March 3, 2021

Umm, what? Super weird. I guess they thought he wasn’t helping Carey enough?

They probably wanted to send a message to Carey while also hoping a new goalie coach helps him regain form. Also Alex Burrows powerplay seems to work which is good

Montreal has interviewed Babcock... I have to think it's to replace Sean Burke as our western Canada scout

didn't babcock just get a college coaching job?

Source?

The Montreal media being upset that Carey Price doesn’t care that they publicity mock and bully him is the most Montreal media thing I’ve ever heard.

— Maximus Afinogenov (not really) (@habsdrou) March 3, 2021

Yep, this checks out. 😕

Not a good source but its @PuckAuthority1 on twitter

Andrew Zadarnowski quote tweeted it, so that's why I believe there's some truth to it.

Well yes EOTP writer Zadarnowski does have a lot of credibility to me at least

In Arizona, Sean Burke actually helped Devan Dubnyk a lot after his short tenure in MTL (Hamilton). Mike Smith was also a top goalie at the time. I'm excited to see what happens with Price going forward.

What would you guys think of Bergevin bringing in Patrick Roy as a goalie consultant/coach under Burke? Babcock, to me, is still a brilliant hockey and coaching mind. He’d be a great add as far as I’m concerned.

Not a bad idea, sort of like what luongo is doing with florida.

Roy as goalie coach would be interesting

And the curse continues.

Well at least the good news for the habs is that there’s no 3-on-3 OT in the playoffs, and there’s also no Reverse Retro jerseys in the playoffs.

This teams needs to win or regulation or the game is lost. Ben Chiarot in overtime doesn't work and never has and Paul Byron is overused, but that's a lesser problem. Anderson's return will be welcomed.

On a brighter note, Allen, Kotkaniemi and Drouin have played some good hockey.

Agree about Chiarot. I don’t agree about Byron. It makes sense to have your fastest skater on the ice in OT. He’s also a better offensive player than Lehkonen/Evans, and Gallagher/Perry aren’t built for OT. Every other forward got OT ice time as well.

Byron is fast, but his ability to use his speed to create offensive chances has taken a hit. Plays die on his stick more often than it should. Like I said, it's a minor problem that will likely be fixed once Anderson comes back.

Testing

So for some reason, I’m unable to include a tweet, but Canucks defenseman Guillaume Brisebois has been loaned to Laval. Which is good for the team, but bad news for Jacob LeGuerrier.

As for the Tweets, I noticed that it doesn't seem to work on a mobile device, at least for me.

you guys are pressing the twitter icon first then pasting the link right?

Not sure I like bringing over Brisebois as he takes away from our younger players getting game time and it benefits Vancouver.

It shouldn’t be a problem. If there’s even one injury on D in the habs organization, he’s a better option than Nathanael Halbert and Tobie Paquette-Bisson (since LeGuerrier will likely be heading back to Ontario soon).
Plus it’s not like Brisebois needs to play.

I'd much rather have any single player on an AHL contract play over Brisebois as there's a slight chance they could get an NHL contract with Montreal. Don't like benefitting other teams.

How many points each player is on pace for in an 82 game season:
(just thought this would be interesting to look at)

FORWARDS:

Drouin 7G 48A 55PTS - Suzuki 18G 41A 59PTS - Anderson 39G 13A 52PTS

Tatar 20G 27A 47PTS - Danault 0G 30A 30PTS - Gallagher 30G 19A 49PTS

Toffoli 52G 19A 71PTS - Kotkaniemi 7G 30A 37PTS - Armia 22G 22A 44PTS

Byron 4G 16A 20PTS - Evans 8G 4A 12PTS - Lehkonen 8G 8A 16PTS / Perry 16G 20A 36 PTS

DEFENSEMEN

Chiarot 4G 15A 19PTS - Weber 15G 19A 34PTS

Edmundson 4G 15A 19PTS - Petry 26G 52A 78PTS

Kulak 0G 18A 18PTS - Romanov 4G 16A 20PTS - Mete 0G 0A 0PTS 19GP