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Did The Vinny Talk Hurt The Canadiens?
by Paul on 02/12/09 at 02:25 PM ET
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from Lyle Richardson of Spector’s Hockey,
Does it strike anyone other than me as more than a coincidence that the Montreal Canadiens went cold right around the time the Vincent Lecavalier trade rumors broke last month?
From early December to a week prior to the 2009 NHL All-Star game the Canadiens had rallied from a minor November slump and were a sizzling 11-2-1, despite losing such notables as Carey Price and Saku Koivu to injury.
Then the trade rumors linking the Habs to Lecavalier broke, and they’re 2-8 in their last ten leading up to February 11th.
I’m a big fan of Habs GM Bob Gainey and overall approve of how he’s built and maintained the current roster, but his cryptic responses to the Lecavalier trade speculation seemed to only stoke the rumors.
It’s unknown if Gainey spoke to any of the players who were rumored headed to Tampa Bay for Lecavalier to calm their nerves.
continued plus some Bouwmeester talk…
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I dunno Lyle. From what I can see Price is the real problem there right now. He has no confidence and his teammates have lost theirs in him as well. It’s something to see when a team does not have the confidence of their ‘tender.
Now if Vinnie coming somehow threw Carey off his game, then I guess I could agree but I don’t see any correlation between the two.
Yes, people will say the players are not playing as well… but imo the reason for that is they are afraid to make any mistakes because they know they will end up in their net! And playing to not make mistakes just leads to more mistakes… which leads to this mess!
Posted by WingMan from The Q C on 02/12/09 at 06:01 PM ET