Montreal Canadiens: A major issue with two of Geoff Molson’s comments

I have my doubts as each of the two seasons has seen the same thing. The Montreal Canadiens go through countless cold spells and try more and more to rely on Carey Price. This season would’ve been two more playoff-less years after their readjustment.

Perhaps they felt Victor Mete would’ve taken that top-pair spot by the goat horns by now. Either way, the only changes on the blue line since the “readjustment” has been Brett Kulak for Jordie Benn and Ben Chiarot for Karl Alzner while holding faith in Alexander Romanov’s impact to be of the quicker fashion.

Molson has proved to be a very patient person in all of this. He’s been patient with Bergevin, and he’s been patient with the players on this team. Most importantly, he’s been patient with Bergevin’s plan. And at the moment, it seems as if Bergevin’s plan itself is patience.

Patience in waiting for the younger players to grow and become impact players on the Montreal Canadiens. Unfortunately, that doesn’t sit well with fans and media when competing for a playoff spot has been a focus each and every season.

Which brings us to one more comment from Molson:

"At the end of the day, if we’re not making the playoffs and not challenging for the Stanley Cup, it’s not a successful season."

Fair, but if you don’t have a team good enough to do either, then what kind of season would you call that?

The Montreal Canadiens do not know what they are, and they need to find a way to figure that out regardless of what happens in the Play-In. Patience doesn’t get you into the playoffs. Patience doesn’t help you contend for a Stanley Cup.

Identification of weaknesses and moves to improve them does. Patience is for teams who trade veterans and build the right way, filling their roster with younger players to take over the team in the future.

It seems as if this plan is to have their cake and eat it too. And if you’re a fan of this team, you know how that’s turned out.