Go Habs Go!
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It is those blue jerseys, get rid of it, they are cursed.
Of course I am not superstitious at all.
Go Habs.
Of course I am not superstitious at all.
Go Habs.
Maybe the habs are losing because they simply aren’t that good of a team. As in past seasons they start off strong but quickly start fading away at the midpoint of the season & are among the first teams to start visiting the golf courses having missed the playoffs again.
Although consecutive losses to the Senators are concerning, my sense is that Montreal will hang on to 4th place in the Canadian division, which is the weakest division in the NHL. My sense is the only team that threatens to take 4th place from Montreal is Calgary, so Montreal needs to win those games and keep the Flames doused.
I think the general manager did his part by bringing in some decent talent in the offseason so if they miss out on the playoffs it will be on the coaching staff and the players ... it’s worrisome for Hab’s fans when their team underperforms against supposedly inferior opposition, especially when they had so much time to prepare... will watch the game tonight and hope for a better result/showing... they were brutal in their last game and lucky to get a point
Oh boy...oui....JULIEN et MULLER congédiés...wow....DUCHARME prend la relève....les SENS ont donné le coup fatal......BERGEVIN veut sauver la saison.....oui MrP fully agree with you....le gardien avait complètement retrouvé sa position et aucune obstruction au moment précis du but....décision qui pourrait coûter cher en bout de ligne.....bien hâte de voir comment les joueurs vont réagir.....c'est finalement eux qui mènent la barque et font bien--ou mal--paraitre l'organisation.
3 straight losses to Ottawa were not acceptable to management and they should not be acceptable anyone else.
Is it true that Muller was fired only because he can't speak fluent French and Ducharme does? This is what I am hearing. Wasn't Muller senior to Ducharme in the coaching hierarchy?
Why would he be fired for not being able to speak fluent French, they knew that when they first hired him.
My impression is that he got fired for the lack of results point. He's been in charge of the power play for a few years now and I dont think anyone can remember when was the last time the habs had a decent PP.
It almost never happens in sports that a head coach is fired as well as a senior assistant and a junior assistant is then promoted to head coach. Please refresh me on when this last happened in ANY sport. There may well be valid reasons to fire Muller (lack of PP production, poor handling of team after Julien heart attack last year as mentioned above), but what is in favor of Ducharme? You guys think he had absolutely nothing to do with the losing while the other 2 did? Are you guys serious?
Read it was Price who wanted him gone also, what price wants Price gets. In the Gazette tomorrow.
Brendan Kelly • Montreal Gazette
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Feb 25, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read •
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Yes, weird, I noticed the date also.
For the second time in four years, Carey Price has succeeded in having a head coach of the Montreal Canadiens fired.
Claude Julien’s fate was sealed when Brady Tkachuk, who is a Marvel Comics-like villain for us Habs fans, raced in on the right side late in the third period in Ottawa on Tuesday and shot a puck past our all-world goalie with one hand on his stick. If that wasn’t a clear enough message to general manager Marc Bergevin, Price underlined his point by going down way too early on Josh Norris in the shootout to make absolutely sure that the Ottawa Senators won and Bergevin got the message.
Brendan Kelly • Montreal Gazette
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Feb 25, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read •
106 CommentsYes, weird, I noticed the date also.
For the second time in four years, Carey Price has succeeded in having a head coach of the Montreal Canadiens fired.
Claude Julien’s fate was sealed when Brady Tkachuk, who is a Marvel Comics-like villain for us Habs fans, raced in on the right side late in the third period in Ottawa on Tuesday and shot a puck past our all-world goalie with one hand on his stick. If that wasn’t a clear enough message to general manager Marc Bergevin, Price underlined his point by going down way too early on Josh Norris in the shootout to make absolutely sure that the Ottawa Senators won and Bergevin got the message.
Here is an article from the Burlington Free Press on Ducharme, who is a former star player at the University of Vermont:
www.burlingtonfreepress.com
He has only been named an interim head coach so I would not get too excited about him just yet.
Former UVM star Dominique Ducharme named Montreal Canadiens' interim head coach
After the firing of Claude Julien, the Montreal Canadiens have promoted Dominique Ducharme, former star at UVM, as interim head coach on Wednesday.
www.burlingtonfreepress.com
In speaking to ESPN about the firings, Bergevin noted that there were no excuses because the team had "zero" injuries (something he emphasized twice). But maybe Julien was doing the best he could with the players that Bergevin gave him. How about someone ask Bergevin to answer that question? Why is it that the coach is always axed for not winning before the GM is asked whether he isn't winning because of the players you gave him? Is Julien just a scapegoat here?
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