Someone is going to have to pay for the CanadiensMTL's recent struggles. EricEngels says it shouldn't be Claude Julien.
BROSSARD, Que.—The axe is swinging, and everybody is just waiting for it to drop.The Canadiens are currently enduring their second eight-game winless streak of the season and have won just seven of their last 26. They came into this most recent skid in third place in the Atlantic Division, but now that they are 11 points out of that position and nine points behind in the wild-card race, their fans are expecting someone to pay the price for that result.
But it’s all up in the air right now. Even if management has sold ownership on the future of the team and internal expectations for this season were low — and considerably lower than external expectations — to begin with, situations like these are untenable.But Julien? He should be seen as the guy you want at the helm for when this team eventually is where management — and the fans — want it to be.• The Canadiens have had more shot attempts than their opponents in 71 per cent of their games.
The team’s power play had shot up as high sixth in the NHL, even with some of these players unavailable, but it has understandably dipped down to 10th. "You guys see the same games I do. I don’t think we’re being out-played by any means, by anybody," said Julien. "But the mistakes are costly right now.
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