Habs Season Update

  It has been difficult to keep up the intense desire to win the cup after acheiving it a few years ago and throwing the team into a rebuild.  I knew it would take some time...probably years to get to a competitive place.  But there is a fire that burns in me.  A desire to beat Steve so bad that I decided this couldn't wait another year.  It couldn't wait another game, another minute.  So I began looking at the problems facing my team.  Worst PK, terrible faceoffs, brutal power play.  Prior to the season opener I had accepted that my awful faceoff percentage meant no hope of the playoffs, yet, the team still had very solid puck possesion numbers and that's when I had my revelation; this team is actually good.

  Three trades made the diffence.  Jakob markstrom was moved out for Charlie Lindgren who has surprisingly taken over the crease in Montreal.  Jansen Harkins was brought in to upgrade our penalty kill and give us some faceoff wins.  Finally the team sent Kent Johnson and a generous bunch of picks for Zach Werenski and Morgan Barron.  Werenski is the playmaker the back end was lacking and Barron can win faceoffs and kill penalties.  The results have been shocking.  Montreal is now 1st in the East and 3rd in the league.  Ahead of a certain Steve might I add.

  The point of this article is to inspire all of you to want to be better than Steve.  Being better than Steve is achievable for all of us and has taken me from a point of giving up on the season to possibly hoisting the cup.  If only the entire world would strive to be better than "know it all" Steve and his awesome roster we could all be winners.