Here are the Canadiens’ wishes for 2024 – Dose.ca

Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes and Martin St-Louis arrived to rebuild the membership. Good steps have been taken in that course, however there’s clearly nonetheless work to be executed.

Here are just some of the issues the in-house employees have to do to maintain shifting ahead.

1. It’s a traditional, however when January 1st rolls round, all of us want one another good well being. But on the Habs, that is even more true than elsewhere due to the circumstances surrounding the membership.

We’ll begin with well being, after which go for educational success. One step at a time.

2. The #1 problem of the early season continues to be unresolved: the ménage à trois in entrance of the web. If I’d advised you in October that we’d nonetheless be at this level at Christmas, you wouldn’t have believed me.

And but…

3. If there’s one factor we’re noticing, it’s the truth that the Habs lack pure expertise up entrance. It’s going to take a participant able to serving to out in that division earlier than lengthy.

Why not draft him in six months’ time with the membership’s first-round decide?

4. Eventually, the Canadiens must commerce a defenseman. And once I say a defenseman, I imply no less than one defenseman, given the membership’s surplus on the blue line.

Why not attempt to recreate the success that introduced Kirby Dach to city for (not directly) Alexander Romanov? Bringing in a proficient ahead wouldn’t harm.

5. The Canadiens are rebuilding. Why not strive for an additional first-round decide in 2024? Whether by buying and selling subsequent years’ picks or present gamers, it will be a pleasant asset.

And with this decide, you’ll perceive that the Habs ought to draft a proficient ahead. I’m considering forward…

6. Cole Caufield wants to offer extra. The Habs should clearly need the ahead to have the ability to take his recreation to the subsequent stage and change into the scorer he as soon as was.

Let’s simply say it will clear up lots of issues.

7. Nick Suzuki actually isn’t a foul offensive participant, however he’s not among the many NHL’s elite both. This season, he has 30 factors in 33 video games and is approaching the point-per-game mark.

But for that, in contrast to 2022-2023, he’ll should sustain the tempo. Can he do it? Better nonetheless, can he decide up the tempo?

8. David Reinbacher shouldn’t play late within the season in Switzerland. He doesn’t play for a powerhouse, and he may end the season in Quebec, both Montreal or Laval.

Wouldn’t or not it’s enjoyable to see him end the season with Lane Hutson?

One imagines that the Habs’ bosses now not should want Josh Anderson a launch, as he’s been scoring once more in current days. It’s an excellent deal executed.

Management doesn’t should want for extra scoring from its protection both, because the tempo is already good. As lengthy because it doesn’t decelerate…

Extension

What can we want for Martin St-Louis, Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton and the followers as an entire?

– St-Louis: that the fellows proceed to convey their recreation to the sport. In different phrases, we hope his gamers proceed to comply with the teaching group’s recreation plan.

– Hughes/Gorton: might Sean Monahan be more healthy than goalies throughout the NHL…

– We should want the followers progress and an increasing number of victories. We should additionally hope that on the subsequent golf event, the P-word will now not be precisely taboo.