This is the foreseeable future for the montreal canadians.
You don't win Stanley Cups playing language politics. Years and years of Therrien and Julien which never had any potential, but at least they could explain in french why the team missed the playoffs year after year. More and more I even suspect the Drouin trade was part of the politics. I find it extremely hard to believe that anyone would think sergachev for drouin straight up was a good trade.
We're a horrendous drafting team. How many of our 1st round picks are now playing in the AHL or the NorthEast Outdoor Potato Farmers League.
Even if you thought Price deserved 10 milliom at the time of the contract (he didn't) there's no way you can argue he still deserves it. He's getting outplayed not only by his backup, but by most of the backups in the North Division. The solution? According to Christine Simpson, play him more often (????????) But also, he needs more rest. But also, he needs less rest.
Defense wins championships, and our defense is swiss cheese. Weber is a Pylon, Petry is like a robot sent back in time to give up turnovers, Chiarot seems to be being paid by other teams to take bad penalties.
The team needs a full overhaul. Not the players. Management. Top down. An owner who cares about hockey. A general manager who wants to win, not just 'be competititve' or 'make it to the playoffs' The best available coach at the time, not the frenchest. And perhaps a strategy....?
Until those things happen, you have many years of watching sad montreal hockey. But hey, at least they're all still getting extremely rich.