Roundtable: Several candidates who have a lot more to give on the Montreal Canadiens

Omar White: Will have to go with Victor Mete for this one, but I also blame these on expectations. For the record, Mete hasn’t necessarily been bad, and this has nothing to do with the fact that he still hasn’t scored a goal for the Montreal Canadiens.

He has, at times, looked overwhelmed playing against top NHL competition. There are also some instances where he could be stronger on the puck.

Mete just hasn’t looked dangerous; however, his game on Saturday was a step in the right direction. He was getting shots on net and driving the net on offensive rushes. This is where Mete is at his best. I’m not sure if Claude Julien is telling Mete to cool that side of his game or perhaps he feels he has to do that while playing with Weber, but that’s a critical strength.

It’s alright to be selfish and Mete doesn’t have to be the Andrei Markov here and consistently try to set up Weber. He needs to shoot more and not second-guess his decisions, which happens enough to make a note of.

E: If I was writing this before the game against the St. Louis Blues, I would be saying Max Domi. Aside from collecting a small handful of points, I didn’t see that same spark that was there for most of last season. I changed my mind after the Blues game. A fired-up Domi is a threat to the opposition.

A player I would like to see more from and less in some ways is Tomas Tatar. The Tatar-Danault-Gallagher line was a top line in the NHL last season, but I think Tatar looked a bit off in some instances and was taking way too many penalties for a player of his role. That line looks like its finding its groove again, so I think that would help him get back to his playstyle from last season. The offense is there, he just needs to get the summer rust off.