It’s easy to blame head coach Claude Julien for the Canadiens’ eight-game winless streak. It wasn’t Julien who gave Price an eight-year, US$84-million contract — including a no-movement clause — and it isn’t Julien who has a 10-9-3 record with a 3.18 goals-against average and a .898 save percentage. This team simply isn’t good enough, especially after injuries to forwards Jonathan Drouin and Paul Byron. You can argue whether Julien is a good coach or not, but there’s no doubt he’s a good man. But Julien might be the one who ends up paying the price if this winless streak continues.

Source: National Post December 02, 2019 21:56 UTC