A Polarizing Legacy: Marc Bergevin & The Montreal Canadiens

I’ll never forget their Cup run. It was magical.

7:23 It's a bit of a myth about Subban's defense. He was somewhat spectacular blunder prone when carrying the puck which gave the impression he was all offense but generally (other than the blunders) he was defensively sound, physical, good along the boards and won his share of puck battles. I find Matheson commits more blunders and is not as good physically.

As a habs fan I enjoyed your video. You did a great job. Fair and Factual. I can say that up until current management was in place a lot of great players were traded for the "now" Segachev and Ryan McDonough were two that bit us hard in the ass. I hope you make more videos.

You deserve far more subscribers, this is excellent work. Long, long-time Habs fan and you've aptly captured the ups and downs of this era. Boy, that Sergachev deal was brutal, but you gotta give Bergevin credit for Domi/Galchenyuk and Pacioretty/Suzuki.

I personally believe that we would look at Bergevin’s tenure a lot differently if they don’t have that run in 2021. Obviously it got touched on here, but their inability to draft truly stunted the team for a long time and wasted a generational goaltending talent (even with a couple solid playoff runs sprinkled in)

I’m not going to say Bergevin was amazing, because he had many flaws as a GM, but he was very good at managing assets when compared to guys like Gauthier and Gainey before him. Also, he set this team up to succeed with the youth movement he began in his final two seasons. That includes his ruthless pick of Mailloux, which was, ultimately, the best choice at that time of the draft. If he didn’t take that guy, someone else would have eventually. That being said, it was time to move on from him at exactly the time he was let go. I’ll look back at his tenure fondly. Gauthier destroyed the future of this franchise and Bergevin left this team with far more than he started with.

Thank god the new GM has a better vision and has surrounded himself with a much better team to scout and were starting to see this come to life go Habs go

The burger Van era in Montreal was a strange one. Saved by one of the best goalies of the 2010s and unable to bring in or draft a true superstar is a disappointment for the Habs. It’s not a fair statement to say but if you took away Price from them, I truly believe he wouldn’t have lasted long in Montreal

Great video. I found myself saying “hey, I remember him” and “hey, I remember that” a few times. Go Habs.

Hindsight is always 20/20. The reality is every GM in the league takes a gamble or two, some work out, and some don't. I think Bergevin was a kickass GM. He had his vision, and obviously that creates tension because the hockey media exists to complain, sell narratives, blow things out of proportion. Any other team in the league would be lucky to have him. Guy knows the game, respect

That voice is built for on-air reporting. Like for sportscenter.

Great video

The biggest flaw of Bergevin's era is to not recognize that the Head Scout, Trevor Timmins, was terrible at his job. If he would have realized that earlier, the Habs would be in an even better position today.

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You got a new subscriber bro. Nice work keep posting 🥇👍

seventh game ..dont forget it most excited i have been in many years

The fact that he got us Suzuki, drafted Caufield and somehow managed to get us a cup finals is enough. Yeah it wasnt always peaches and cream but better tenure than what we had for the previous 10-15 years.

Bergevin didn't give Montréal anything while being GM. And he's responsible for Price's ridiculous contract for 10.5M for 8 years and Price abandoned the team before the end of his contract because of injuries.

Remember when Deshairnais was our number 1 center for like 4 seasons?

That Sergachev trade was catastrophic. How the Fuck do you trade for drouin, what an absolute waste of a trade and contract drouin was. Absolutely zero heart and no drive