It’s well known at this point that the Montreal Canadiens weren’t great by any measure last year. The offence was stagnant, and defensively they were woeful.
This isn’t a new bit of news to many people, as for years under Michel Therrien the team was consistently out-shot and it was an issue in need of being addressed. The main reason it went unaddressed for so long is that the team kept winning because Carey Price was in net, and when Price is on his game he becomes some sort of goaltending demi-god.
The issue finally boiled over last year.