Bergevin-hating anon is late to this party, but whatever, I'm going to vent anyway. You did ask!
A lot of his recent bullshit has been documented, but aside from all that he's just not a good GM. All of the Habs' core players - Pacioretty, Price, Markov, Subban, even Gallagher - are from before his tenure. And since, he's acquired...well. Galchenyuk, sort of (MB became GM about a month before the 2012 draft). Mike McCarron? De la Rose? Hudon? So he's not great at drafting. He's not great at developing players - I don't want to write a novel, but very few of his prospects pan out, and I don't follow the Ice Caps, but I hear that they are not great. (Other people are involved here, tbf, but he's the dude in charge and he refuses to change the people in charge of the system despite it being not great.)
He's talked a big game about building the Habs into a contender, and yet it's patently clear that this team is one good goaltender and...yeah. We have a great goaltender. It's his job to make sure we have more than just a great goaltender, and that isn't the case. (I mean, the Rangers have a great goaltender too, and they also have people who can score goals, something the Habs are sorely lacking. And look how well that turned out!)
Re: Coaching Corral
Bergevin-hating anon is late to this party, but whatever, I'm going to vent anyway. You did ask!
A lot of his recent bullshit has been documented, but aside from all that he's just not a good GM. All of the Habs' core players - Pacioretty, Price, Markov, Subban, even Gallagher - are from before his tenure. And since, he's acquired...well. Galchenyuk, sort of (MB became GM about a month before the 2012 draft). Mike McCarron? De la Rose? Hudon? So he's not great at drafting. He's not great at developing players - I don't want to write a novel, but very few of his prospects pan out, and I don't follow the Ice Caps, but I hear that they are not great. (Other people are involved here, tbf, but he's the dude in charge and he refuses to change the people in charge of the system despite it being not great.)
He's talked a big game about building the Habs into a contender, and yet it's patently clear that this team is one good goaltender and...yeah. We have a great goaltender. It's his job to make sure we have more than just a great goaltender, and that isn't the case. (I mean, the Rangers have a great goaltender too, and they also have people who can score goals, something the Habs are sorely lacking. And look how well that turned out!)
Ugh. I hope he gets fired.