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McLean’s Pub Call Of The Wilde: On The Road Again
March 6, 2018
By Brian Wilde
The Montreal Canadiens continue to lose a lot of players from their line-up trying to stay competitive for the final six weeks of the season. Max Pacioretty with a knee injury and Victor Mete with a finger break are the two latest to be out. Both for six weeks. Both very likely to be gone for the rest of the year, so this a good opportunity for Head Coach Claude Julien to keep watching the new players to see who can cut it and who is over their heads.
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Call me crazy, especially because I think Bergy has just been awful since 2016, but I’m actually not that worried about getting a decent return for Max. I think Bergy knows it better be good. As for the other GMs saying the ask is too high, well, isn’t that what they would say to try and pressure Bergy? And shouldn’t the ask be high? The guy scored 30 goals + for a number of seasons and has never played with a real center and can kill penalties and spent 10 years in the toughest pressure cooker in hockey. And he’s still only 29. The ask will be high and when Bergy feels he can lower it he will. I know you think I’m crazy considering all the terrible things I’ve said about Bergys job performance, and I stand by them 100%, but on this file, i have a hunch – and it’s just a hunch – that things might work out just fine for the Habs.