"Everything HuGo [Kent Hughes, Jeff Gorton] has done over the past eight months inspires confidence that this new regime will be a winning team for the foreseeable future. From draft philosophy to player development, coaching, cap management, etc., the combination of (Jeff) Gorton and (Kent) Hughes has really excited me for the future of the Tricolor.
The combination of skill, experience, collaboration, openness to diversity of opinion and commitment to process and development leads me to believe that the Canadiens are building a hockey operations department that is as good as it gets and HuGo as a leadership tandem is as good as it gets in the game.
The new management team inherited a mess from the previous administration, so it will be a while before we can really rate them. But the first few months of this regime make me cautiously optimistic."