It’s hard to keep your players dialled in, especially in the final few games of the regular season. It must be even more difficult when your team is set to miss the playoffs and the only left to play for is internal growth and self-recognition. Claude Julien has been quoted saying that he intends to make sure the Montreal Canadiens are playing their best regardless of the fact that they’ll be missing the playoffs for the second time in three years.
What he’s recently said has had fans talking. There’s been a lot of evaluation, especially when you consider how well younger players in Nikita Scherbak, Noah Juulsen, and Mike Reilly have been playing.