The Montreal Canadiens are coming off a shootout victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Nov. 5 that put them second in the NHL with 19 points. That's the good news.
The bad news it that they have an ugly goal differential of minus-eight and are coming off two lopsided losses to the Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks, in which they looked more like a draft-lottery team than an Eastern Conference contender.
The Canadiens have been quite inconsistent so far in 2014-15. They have a lot of areas to improve on, but at least they're winning games as they develop as a team.
When grouping the team into positional units, the goalies have been by far the best players on the team. The other positions all have their leaders and a player or two who needs to be better.
Here are some grades for the Montreal Canadiens' positional units through three weeks of the 2014-15 season.
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Grading the Positional Units for the Montreal Canadiens Through 3 Weeks
November 6th, 2014 by Brandon DuBreuil Leave a reply »
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