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The Canadiens have the fourth-best record in front of the net in the NHL

 Emily Smith
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The Canadiens have the fourth-best record in front of the net in the NHL
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On Monday, The Athletic published the first part of its ranking of the best portraits in front of the net.

What does that mean? It means that the site’s specialists evaluated the current 32-team roster in front of the net, while adding in the rising prospects and the goaltender’s salary picture.

The result was a portrait of the 32 teams in front of the net.

All this to say that on Monday, we saw the 10 worst teams in the league, and the Habs weren’t among them. On Wednesday, the teams outside the top-10 were revealed (i.e. teams 22 to 11), but the Habs weren’t there either.

So we had to wait until this morning to see where the Habs ranked… and it took a while before we found the Flanelle. After all, the rankings were 10 to 1, and the more you scrolled down, the higher the habs got.

In the end, the Habs came in at #4, right at the foot of the podium.

When you look across the league, the Habs don’t rank too badly in the three aspects analyzed by the site. The combination of all these factors means that the Habs are well represented in the rankings.

  • Current goalkeepers: 12th
  • Future goaltenders: 6th
  • Salary situation: 15th

In the present, we can see that Samuel Montembeault is becoming increasingly recognized. His good work behind a young defense has not gone unnoticed, and Cayden Primeau’s progress has also been noted.

Dom Luszczyszyn, who loves Samuel Montembeault’s contract, was not involved in the process. Jesse Granger, Sean McIndoe and Scott Wheeler are in charge of the current rankings.

As for the future, the names of Jacob Fowler and Jakub Dobes obviously raised the habs’ score. But let’s not forget Quentin Miller and Yevgeni Volokhin, two other prospects to keep an eye on.

What about contracts?

The Habs are ranked a little lower, but we mustn’t forget that Jake Allen takes 1/3 of the $6 million invested in goaltenders (among active goaltenders)… and that Carey Price’s big contract is a problem, which lowers the organization’s rating in this regard.

The Athletic puts its faith in the goalkeepers who are active in Montreal. Will they show that it was the right thing to do by playing well this season and progressing? Only time will tell.


Overtime

– A lot’s happening.

– Quite a night for the Alouettes.

– Stéphane Gervais gets “an encore” with the Habs.

– Things are moving in MLB.

– Really?

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