Recap: A week of change, of promise
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It was certainly one of the more interesting weeks for the Montreal Canadiens, with a coaching change and the team’s biggest offensive output of the year.
It was certainly one of the more interesting weeks for the Montreal Canadiens, with a coaching change and the team’s biggest offensive output of the year.
Claude Julien and Rick Green have been fired by the Canadiens. Bob Gainey will serve as the team’s interim head coach.
Covering Games 21-41 [Nov. 19-Jan. 11]
The grades assigned for the players are based on the second quarter of play, but the statistics include both quarters.
Si plusieurs réguliers déçoivent depuis le début de la saison, rarement est-il question de la faible progression observée chez les jeunes joueurs de l’équipe.
This past week was one of contrast, the Habs continued to struggle aside from a surprising 4-1 victory over Ottawa.
After losing to the Pens on Tuesday, Head Coach Claude Julien said “enough is enough”, yet I wonder what he’s thinking now.
« Ils ont bien joué et nous avons mal joué » c’est la réponse sèche et sans appel qu’à offert l’entraîneur Claude Julien à un journaliste qui lui demandait d’expliquer le revers des siens lors de la conférence de presse d’après match.
‘How could things be worse?’, is a topic that many hockey fans are saying around Montreal these days. Tuesday night’s game was an embarrassing 6-4 home loss to Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, a team that featured 9 rookies in the visitor’
After losing 4 of 5 games on the road, The Habs were looking for a little home cooking, but in the end they got burned.
2005 mercifully came to an end for the Habs this past week. A season that started off with so much promise has tailed off in a hurry;