Marc Bergevin’s team would finish third in the Atlantic Division with 100 points (47-29-6), ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs and behind the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning.
It’s crazy how things change!įirst, the Canadian would be the big spring dance. Now let’s repeat the exercise, but with Carey Price. Honorable mention also to back Joel Edmundson, who would win the Bill Masterton Trophy, awarded to the player who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship and passion for hockey. Unsurprisingly, Jeff Petry would be the Canadiens’ best defender with 46 points and a +19 rating. That wouldn’t be enough to win the Calder Trophy, however, which in both simulations went to his Anaheim Ducks friend Trevor Zegras. Young Cole Caufield, meanwhile, would thread the needle 15 times and collect 43 points in 82 games. Gallagher would be the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge’s top scorer with 30 goals. He would be followed by Brendan Gallagher (64 points), as well as Jonathan Drouin and Tyler Toffoli (30 points). The young Cayden Primeau would be the reserve goalie – Samuel Montembeault was not in the lineup of the Canadian at the time of the simulation – and for his part would conclude the season with a record of 15 wins, 11 losses and an efficiency rate of, 922… Not so bad for the young man!Īmong the players, Nick Suzuki, who has just agreed with the organization for the next eight years, would end the campaign at the top of the team’s scoring standings with 67 points, including 13 goals. In front of the net, Jake Allen would accumulate 24 victories, but would concede 35 defeats, including 4 in overtime. In the Eastern Conference, the Habs would therefore be positioned 12th out of 16 at the end of the current campaign… Nothing too encouraging. Dominique Ducharme’s troops would finish sixth in the Atlantic Division with 82 points (39-39-4), just behind the Buffalo Sabers (84 points) and ahead of the Ottawa Senators (80 points) and Red Wings. The results speak for themselves and even if it’s a video game, when the best player on your team is left out of the competition, it’s harder to be successful.Īccording to the first simulation, without the # 31 in the starting line-up at CH, the Canadian wouldn’t even be fighting for a place in the playoffs. We therefore decided to run two simulations of the Canadiens’ season on NHL 22, one with Carey Price in the net and the other without. Would the scenario be different with a healthy club? The question is valid. While the vast majority of experts dismissed the Habs from a place in the playoffs before the start of the season, the more optimistic themselves are beginning to doubt. The Canadiens registered their fifth loss in as many games this season against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday and nothing is going well.
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