Is this a joke about how bad of a GM Bergevin would be?

Cause no shot the jackets make any of these trades

Yes, it is.

His record as GM of the Habs and as Senior Advisor to the GM of the Kings speaks for itself.

Love the Bergy trades, very accurate lol

As an advisor in LA, i dont understand how you blame their failures on him. He has no power, Blake calls the shots.

As for Montreal, he was a good GM, but not great. He was in charge when the Habs won the Conference, and when they went to the ECF and the SCF. In a 30/32 team league, thats getting results. His main knock, is he refused to rebuild, but when Carey Price is your goalie how can you?

The Montreal trade, he would be more likely to take on Gallagher. Probably would only pay depth player or late picks for him.

Bergevin only really made one bad trade as his tenure of GM and that was Drouin for Sergachev

Which really points to scouting being a problem, which it always was throughout and development right behind it.

He actually won most of the trades he made, Anderson for Domi, Weise for Danault and Romanov, Pacioretty for Suzuki

The guy deserves criticism but it's mostly criticism of aspects of his job that weren't trades, trades he was mostly successful with

Trust me, we are all living in fear.

Well luckily I don’t think he is being seriously being considered for the GM role. I think they want someone from teams still in the playoffs and that’s why they haven’t announced them yet. If he was their first choice they would’ve hired him already

want me to help you:

- doesnt re-sign Radulov
- Doestn re-sign Markov
- Overly pay Subban
- Overly pay Gallagher
- Overly pay Anderson
- Sign ALZNER to 4.5M
- Ask for Cody Glass in the Pacc trade, get Suzuki by sheer luck and dumbness from Las Vegas
- Give Pacc the C
- Doesnt Re-sign Danault and sign Dvorak


I can go on lol

I’m well aware of his mistakes and am praying he doesn’t get the job

IT'S honestly done from what I heard from well connected people in Montreal, he still has his circle here.

He is your new GM! Good luck... he will will trade Kent Johnson this summer 100% sure, and get a tons of "heart" guys with big physic.

All you need is Brian Flynn on the power play and you are set

All of the jackets insiders have said that he’s most likely not getting the job and they are waiting on teams to get eliminated to interview more candidates. Seemed like Bergevin is releasing those rumors to get more interest from other teams looking for a GM job. He could very well get the job but I’m hoping he doesn’t

Yeah I'm no Bergy fan but to portray him as one who makes such bad trades is unfair. He did way more good things than bad.

1 conference final, 1 stanley cup final. Thats not bad. His issue was acquiring an elite center. Jackets already have that. Bergevin is quite good at small depth trades and building a solid roster that plays well 5v5

Correction. Traded for Dvorak. Had to get Center after losing Danault(FA) and KK(offer sheeted).

Using the 1st we got for KK and getting Dvorak was pretty rough. But yeah, he was good at trading, just wish he went All in or Rebuilt properly. All in All, he wasnt a bad GM.

That was definitely a mistake. His biggest flaw was not realizing the teams direction earlier. Should have traded Gallagher, Tatar and Danault after that dominate season instead of resigning Gallagher and losing the other two. Taken steps to see what Weber and Price wanted with that change of direction and tanked earlier.

Even that can't be laid Soley at his feet though, gotta imagine ownership had some need to win and pushed him to make moves accordingly. Not a complete failure of a GM but definitely left the team better off than he found it, not as good as he could have left it though

Radulov: turned down more money in Montreal than he got in Dallas. Not to mention his final 3 years (5 year deal with Dallas) in the NHL, Bergevin would have been roasted for had Radulov actually signed 5 years in Montreal.

Markov: was 38 and wanted money and term. Ideally he signs a short term deal, but the player (with no agent) also has to be willing to negotiate.

Subban: Just came off winning the Norris, and the owner stepped in during arbitration and forced the deal. Subban was worth every penny in Montreal, and only regressed in Nashville due to back injuries. The main issue should be Subban for Weber was 1 for 1, not that Subban made too much.

Captain Pac: Agreed. That was Subban's team, another reason Subban earned that contract.

Gallagher: Agreed, Bergevin should have bought a dog. Paid his favourite minion for past accomplishments.

Anderson: The conditions of his deal, and Domi's deal with Columbus, were known before they made the trade. Habs got the better player, and he almost won a Cup in Montreal. The real mistake was not trading him last year when his regression was starting to show and his value was still high. Again, not Bergevin's fault.

Alzner: Agreed, he didnt see the direction the league was going.

Glass: He asked for the higher ranked prospect, and gladly took Suzuki, while adding Tatar and a 2nd. Thats good negotiating, not a mistake.

Danault: You can't force someone to sign with you. Danault turned down a similar deal for guaranteed top 6 duty.
Kotkaniemi: soured on the coach who sat him, and forced his way off the team after Danault left.
Dvorak: Clearly a panic move, team just went to the Cup and then lost their center depth. If you dont add, the fanbase would have erupted. And lets be real here, Dvorak played far better in Arizona before falling apart in Montreal.


Bergevin's main issue will be refusing to go All In with Price in his prime. Refusing to rebuild properly when Price started experience season long injuries. And never having a proper Development program for his prospects.

They lost Danault right after going to the finals! Bergevin should have been pushing to sign Danault earlier in the season. OR use him as a UFA contract, which is exactly what they did (without having a back-up plan for Centre).

oh ya, you mean:

- Martinsen
- Dwight King
- Azlner

Those were such good depth adds

after losing Danault cause he did not want to give him 5M, which he deserved ?

KK was badly managed and should have stayed in the Liiga.

Bergevin does not know how to manage Assets, like Hughes with Monahan for example, that's assets management. HE just trade by pride and gut feeling.
HE is not cerebral and does not fit the new 2024 NHL

I would argue that they should have been traded during that season. That was not a dominate season. They won something like 9 of their first 10 games, then the rest of the season almost failed to win back to back games. I believe they even "Lost Out" the end of the season and still managed to make the playoffs in the extremely weak Northern Covid Division. They were a bad team that squeezed every last bit of Weber and Price to drag them to the finals. Tatar was benched and Gallagher was almost invisible in the playoffs.

In hindsight they miraculously went to the Cup. The year before, they were the 6 or 7th worst team in the league and Price stole the Play In series against Pittsburgh.

Bergevin's final 5 years, they made the playoffs twice when they shouldn't have (drafted Guhle instead of top 7, drafted Mailloux instead of top 15), missed the playoffs twice (drafted KK at 3and Sergachev at 9) and missed once when they actually had a good amount of points. Luckily Guhle and Mailloux were available where we were, because those two turned out for us.

C'mon, Markov had 2 more great years in the KHL and deserved to be signed and end his carreer in MTL, you might not know but he was so loved and respected here, also one of the reason for Radulov to quit. Again, Markov asked for 1 year and Bergevin fumbled him and patched him with freaking Alzner

Radulov, had 3 more GREAT years and was LOVED by fans and loved MTL. again, you don't want to sign him ? great then use him as asset management. Bergevin does not think ahead like that.

Anderson, What ever you think, you don'T resign a guy that proved nothing to this of a contract just because he is big and performed well 1 year... 5.5M is ALOT for someone who proved nothing. and look at him right now.

Danault wanted to take a cut to play in MTL, Bergevin did not want to pay him.... so he signed in LA for more... Bad asset managment, again.


HE did well on the Suzuki front, finally, but again, he did not want Suzuki first, imagine Glass in MTL not performing, MTL would not have 1 single good center... it's luck from Vegas

Cherry picking is fun.

- Byron
- Perry
- Staal
- Danault
- Weise
- Shaw
- Radulov (when no one wanted him)
- Jordie Benn
- Edmunson
- Chariot
- Armia
- Kulak
- Cousins
- Weal
- Kovalchuk
- Allen