'All I want my players to think and my coaches, is to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins. I don’t care about anything else.' If the NHL season can resume, Marc Bergevin wants the focus of the CanadiensMTL to be on one thing and one thing only.
With the NHL’s 24-team return-to-play protocol announcement earlier this week came a renewed hope for theHaving just made the cut for the Stanley Cup tournament’s qualifying round, the Canadiens land in a fortunate position with one foot in the post-season and the other still eying those draft lottery odds.
Should the league be able to execute its return-to-play plan, Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin is particularly keen to see how some of his team’s young stars can rise to the challenge in a series again the Pittsburgh Penguins. “As far as we’re concerned, it gives us, our young players, an opportunity to play some meaningful games,” Bergevin said during an appearance on Hockey Central on Friday.
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