Montreal Canadiens to draft goalposts in 2008

The Montreal Canadiens are listening to their fans, and plan on addressing areas of weakness both before the trade deadline and in this year’s draft.

“We keep a close eye on the various sports blogs and discussion forums on the internet” said Canadiens GM Bob Gainey, “they’re a source of a lot of insight into where we need to go as an organisation.”

Gainey went on to say “Particularly after the game against Ottawa, the fans analysis of the game showed us that our biggest weakness as an organisation is in the area of goalposts and crossbars. Other teams have done a much better job of drafting solid, game-changing goalposts to keep the puck out of the net.”

After the Canadiens recent 6-1 loss to Ottawa Habsfan1979 observed “Te HABS WHERE ROBBED!! FIVE OR SIX GOAL POSTS AND A CROSS BAR!!!1 AT LEST! NO PUCK LUCK AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, while Habsfan-Leafshater offered “Habs hit four posts tonight, if they had gone in it would have been a totally different game”

“These are important insights.” Gainey concluded “Having a set of goalposts and a crossbar playing for your team clearly makes a huge difference - it takes a lot of the pressure off the goalie and the defense, and we need to address this.”