bustaheims
Active member
The idea that the problem isn't the talent only holds water when you have a bunch of guys who have a solid and recent track record of high quality performances. When that's in place and the results aren't coming, that's when you start pointing the finger firmly at other areas. The Habs don't have that. They have all of 4 guys on the roster who have multiple 20+ goal seasons - and one of those is a defenceman. Outside of Weber and Petry, their defencemen are either close to replacement level or highly inexperienced. And Price's has been up and down for a coupel years now, and has sort of settled in the middle this season - his GAA and Sv% this season are virtually identical to what you'd get if you combine his two previous seasons. It may not be just a talent issue in Montreal, but there is definitely a talent issue.