The Canadiens’ Blueprint Is Straight Outta Vegas
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🗓️ 16 June 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Three years ago, the Montreal Canadiens were sitting at the bottom of the NHL standings and ripe for a rebuild. Instead of blowing up the team, GM Marc Bergevin looked West, to the expansion Vegas Golden Knights, for a different approach to constructing his roster. Now, as the Habs and Knights face off in the Stanley Cup Semifinals, the Athletic's Arpon Basu tells us how Bergevin managed to rebuild the Canadiens in the Knights’ image and why that just might have saved his job.
You can read Arpon Basu's story about the Canadiens here: https://theathletic.com/2647540/2021/06/11/a-look-at-how-the-canadiens-were-built-reveals-road-map-drawn-by-the-golden-knights/
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| 0:46.0 | The Cinderella story of the NHL Playoff so far has been the league's oldest franchise |
| 0:58.0 | and a team that finished barely above 500 in the regular season, The Montreal Canadians. |
| 1:17.0 | And it turns out their path to the Stanley Cup semi-finals started three years ago |
| 1:21.0 | when the team was at a bit of a crossroads. |
| 1:24.0 | Today, the athletics arpin Basu has the story of how the Canadians found a roadmap for success back then |
| 1:30.0 | in the very team that they're now facing in the playoffs, The Vegas Golden Knights. |
| 1:35.0 | If you look at how the Canadians have gone about building this team, it's hard not to look at Vegas and see the similarities. |
| 1:42.0 | And so I think the influence of Vegas had a big impact on how Murkvers vei sees things. |
| 1:47.0 | From one degree in the athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:52.0 | It's Wednesday, June 16th, and this is The League. |
| 1:59.0 | So Arpin, before we get into the story, can you just describe what the moot is like up in Montreal these days |
| 2:05.0 | as the Canadians have made this surprisingly deep run in the playoffs? |
| 2:08.0 | Well, it's a funny thing, you know, The Montreal Canadians fan base is kind of disjointed in a way |
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