2017 Trade Odds: Montreal’s Goalies and Defencemen
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We turn our focus to the Habs now in our Trade Odds series. While the goaltending is pretty well settled, there could still be a shake up on the back end by March 1st.
We turn our focus to the Habs now in our Trade Odds series. While the goaltending is pretty well settled, there could still be a shake up on the back end by March 1st.
Topics in the latest episode of the HW Podcast include Claude Julien’s hiring, discussion regarding newcomer Nikita Nesterov, and a trade deadline preview.
The Habs shuffled the deck defensively on Tuesday, making a minor league swap with Carolina to bring in blueliner Keegan Lowe. Going the other way is defenceman Philip Samuelsson.
Last week wasn’t a good one for either the Habs or St. John’s. Montreal came out flat after their bye week with a poor effort against Winnipeg while St. John’s failed to take advantage of their deep lineup, losing three of four divisional games.
We know Marc Bergevin is ‘all-in’, but does that necessarily mean Bergevin will be active on the trade front between now and March 1st?
The decision to bring back Claude Julien back as head coach earlier this week was widely praised. Do our writers feel the same way about the change behind the bench?
The Habs have made a change behind the bench as they announced on Tuesday afternoon that they’ve fired head coach Michel Therrien and have hired Claude Julien as their new bench boss.
The Habs were looking to head into the bye on a positive note and pretty much failed miserably at doing so. Things were better in St. John’s though as they picked up two road wins against the top two teams in the AHL.
During the month of January the Canadiens were powered by their top line in the absence of the stellar goaltending we are all used to. This wasn’t lost on HabsWorld readers as they voted all three members to the three stars for the month.
While both the Habs and IceCaps started their week off well, it went downhill from there. Montreal lost three straight to end the week while struggling to score while St. John’s dropped a pair over the weekend.