This roller-coaster of a week for our Montreal Canadiens proved two things: head coach Claude Julien is far too quick to publicly put down his young players and the defence corps needs help. Julien refused to criticize Weber and instead picked on another kid, Mete, blaming Weber’s woes on his blue-line partner. “When Victor is on his game and skating and moving the puck, Shea is better at defending. It’s a work in progress.”Julien has a point, he’s just wrong to knock KotkaKid and Mete and protect Weber. He’s right, Mete isn’t good enough to be on the first pairing, but that’s not Mete’s fault.

Source: National Post October 18, 2019 18:12 UTC