The Montreal Canadiens are not a good hockey team.
There, now that we’ve addressed the elephant in the room, might as well beat a dead horse while were at it. To be frank, there’s not a whole lot more that can be said about what has been a positively dismal start to 2021-22, and the eventual admittance that this team is in need of a full blown rebuild.
With Vice President Jeff Gorton having taking over the managerial reigns from former GM Marc Bergevin, there’s a number of unknowns that still need to be addressed as the Canadiens seem destined for a long, difficult road ahead.
De retour à Montréal pour affronter les Flyers.
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) December 15, 2021
Back to Montreal to take on the Flyers.#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/LAFocD5RDE
After a 5-2 drubbing at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, Montreal now sits second to last in the entire NHL, three points ahead of the lowly Arizona Coyotes, who have struggled to simply pay their taxes let along win games. So, with a number of developments having come out of the past few weeks, and with nowhere to go but well, nowhere, as this current NHL season rages on, here’s a long overdue look at what’s been going on recently, in other news… for the Montreal Canadiens.