Jeff Gorton: “We’re more comfortable than you think with our goalies.”

Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Jeff Gorton: “We’re more comfortable than you think with our goalies.”
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When an NHL executive gives an interview, his goal (one of his goals, at least) is to avoid creating controversy.

Jeff Gorton, who has seen it all in the NHL, knows how to achieve this. This was particularly evident when it came time for him to talk about his team's trade deadline.

But in his interview with Eric Engels, it was also evident when he addressed the topic of goalies.

Basically, the Canadiens president said what needed to be said. He said that the plan was to keep Jacob Fowler down this season, that Marco Marciano would go help the prospect during the Olympic break, that the search for a goalie coach down below was going well…

And he said this:

We're probably more comfortable than people think with our two goalies. – Jeff Gorton on Jakub Dobes and Samuel Montembeault

Obviously, as I said at the outset, Gorton wasn't born yesterday: he knows very well that the best strategy for his team is to give the guys confidence.

I'm not saying he doesn't mean what he said: I'm saying he can't say the opposite.

With the trade market being pretty crazy (in terms of prices) right now, Jeff Gorton can't publicly say he wants reinforcements because his options are limited.

And if he has something up his sleeve (whether it's a trade or the arrival of a québécois goalie he would bring out of retirement, like David Savard or Marc-André Fleury), he's not going to tell the media. Especially not after his goalies' superb week.

But anyway. Ultimately, for the moment, everything suggests that the Canadiens will continue with the two goalies they have… hoping that it will hold up.

And in the meantime, we can wonder who would play if the club had an important game to play in the short term.


Overtime

– Same here!

– To be continued.

– The Québécois is moving.

– Interesting.

– Pierre-Luc Dubois is back.

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