It was a day of assessment for the Canadian on this beautiful Friday in Brossard, and the management of the club, gentlemen Kent Hughes and Jeff Gorton, delivered a message of hope to the fans: the Canadian would have several similarities with the New York Rangers .
A realistic message? With our guests, this statement is far from unanimous…
Would this season’s Canadiens have been that bad even if everyone had been healthy? Richard Labbé thinks so, Stéphane Waite thinks no! At the end of this first full season at the helm, what grade can we give to Martin St-Louis? And there will be new faces in September, departures too… including, it is predicted, that of Jonathan Drouin.
Finally, we praise the career of Jonathan Toews and we still wonder why the Pittsburgh Penguins have even thought of hiring Ron Hextall…