The Canadiens were a bad team last season, and they're on track to be bad again. But should they expect more from their young core?
, who had solid five-on-five impacts last year and shows potential moving forward. He’s one of just two defensemen in Montreal who narrowly have positive Defensive Ratings. Newhook, Harvey-Pinard and Slavkovsky all contribute to the Canadiens’ depth offense, which allows them to roll four lines. The positional versatility and number of players who can play center only gives them more options. The high-end talent may not be there yet, but Montreal is annoyingly deep for a bottom-feeder.
A rebuilding team can’t only have young players, and Mike Matheson has been a solid veteran to lead the blue line. He’s the only other defender on the Canadiens to have positive OffensiveDefensive Ratings. Before being moved to Montreal, he was coming off some impressive seasons in Pittsburgh in a depth role. But on a weaker team where he’s more exposed, he’s managed the role well. While he’s still below average to other No. 1 defensemen, he measures up better than expected.
was better than most could have anticipated in a challenging role. The goalie was tested in his minutes by a team that allowed one of the highest rates of shots and scoring chances against. But he responded well to his workload in 40 games, saving almost 17 goals above expected which ranked 13th in the league among all goaltenders. We don’t project that to continue, not after one season of strong results, and he’s pretty weak as far as starting goalies go.
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