The question many people are asking themselves this off-season is a simple one. Are the Montreal Canadiens a better team than they were last year?
It’s one that gets asked every year, and often the answer is simple. This year, there are so many moving parts that it is harder than ever to determine.
For the Canadiens, it comes down to how you feel about 10 specific players. In a perfect world, Marc Bergevin would have had Alexander Radulov and Andrei Markov back. But he wanted them back on his terms, and the fact he didn’t surrender to their every desire proves that he felt it was not essential to bring them back; that the team is still improved from a year ago.