More than anyone on the Montreal Canadiens, Karl Alzner has been involved in a lot of angry rants and eye rolls this season. It’s a perfect example of being something you didn’t expect. When the Habs signed Alzer last summer, fans thought they were getting a stabilizing option on the backend who would compliment Claude Julien‘s defensive structure. Instead, it would take 50 sets of hands to count on your fingers how many times an Alzner turnover, poor play, or misread led to a goal against.
In the time span of the regular season, the 29-year-old went from being a possible partner for Shea Weber, to okay second pairing guy, to, “Why is he playing?