- The most obvious finger to point here starts at the top, namely General Manager Marc Bergevin. Looking back to even the beginning of his tenure, it seems that his acquisitions and drafting acumen centered around getting big players that either never developed or were just never all that skilled to begin with, and when he did have talented players, he found new ways to bungle it, as the reports will show later.
- Their inability to find a true number one center has come back to bite them in the rear, as no one can score, and their best center in the last five years (the length of Bergevin's tenure thus far) was traded to their rival in Toronto a few weeks ago.
- Their gameplan the entire time almost seemed to center around Carey Price to the point where they signed him to a near-unmovable contract last off-season. He's also missed considerable time in two of the last three seasons.
- Their off-season moves have also failed to pan out, as Karl Alzner wasn't even close to solving their scoring problems and they sure could have used Alex Radulov right about now, though it may not have mattered, since their center problem would have claimed him, too. Their best option from the blue line, Shea Weber, also got hurt.
- The big trade for Jonathan Drouin was a swing and a miss, as Mikhail Sergachev is just one point behind Drouin in scoring. Did I mention Sergachev is a defenseman that plays behind Victor Hedman and Anton Stralman?
The Canadiens' disaster of a 2017-18 season was one that many could see coming, and their recent departure from the playoff race was fait d'accompli. Their possible solution to their center problems appears to be John Tavares when he enters free-agency soon. For their sake, they better hope he doesn't go anywhere else or I could be writing this autopsy report this time next year.
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