In this All Habs piece, I identify 5 major developments that characterized the Montreal Canadiens' lockout-shortened season, the first under the helm of Marc Bergevin and Michel Therrien. Of particular interest are my debunking of an unquestioned narrative created about PK Subban in the hockey media and the role of the Boston Bruins, and the city of Boston, in the day-to-day experiences and emotions of Montreal Canadiens fans.
“Brad who?” Waking From the Bad Dream Team
By Avi Goldberg
It can be called the real start of the Marc Bergevin
era, and with the Habs returning to the playoffs, fans also feel as
though they’ve truly awoken from a bad dream of team mediocrity,
buffoonery, and misdirection. True, folks are stressing big time about a losing streak and about Carey Price,
but fans are in an infinitely better situation than where they were at
this time last year. Then, about the best I could do to find joy in the
dying weeks of a dismal campaign was to celebrate the grittiness of late
season pickup Brad Staubitz. But, when my All Habs colleague, Robert Rice,
responded to this notion by tweeting that he had to ask “Brad who?”
upon learning of the tough guy’s acquisition, I felt the chills of the
bad dream one more time.
We’ve come a long way!
As we count down the final games before the Habs enter the second
season, I’ve compiled a list of five issues that have provoked thought.
These things will be discussed and debated by Habs fans in the aftermath
of their collective bad dream.
You can continue to read the piece in its entirety here.
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