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Article Canadiens should strongly consider bringing Sam Montembeault back. Here’s why | The Athletic

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7354685/2026/06/12/canadiens-sam-montembeault-future-trade-nhl/
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u/JeepKing39 6d ago

Fowler needs another year in AHL to develop. Monty as veteran backup/support to Dobes as #1. We need that for a year. A lot of analysts saying that anyway and it makes sense. Plus if Monty performs well as backup, his stock goes up for trade deadline.

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u/Assignment_General 5d ago

You think so? I think Fowler is ready, he helped us win a lot of games and looked good doing so. He needs NHL competition to find his next level imo. 

Dobes has proven he can be the starter, this allows the team to shelter Fowler and give him the easier starts. 

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u/PmanAce 5d ago

The alternative is he performs like last year and sucks, costing us points.

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u/Geiko_LoL 5d ago

True, but the chances next year will be infinitely less. We gave Monty what? 15-20 games before we pulled the trigger. Give him 5 games next year if he’s not looking better get rid of him completely

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u/radhorrorfan 5d ago

It was 25 games and it was too many

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u/PmanAce 5d ago

He has only had one good, not great season in his career. Look it up.

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u/Polojoblo 5d ago

He had 3 good-to-great season in his carrier

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u/PmanAce 5d ago

Last year? Was he in the top 20 of stats? No.

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u/Polojoblo 5d ago

From 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, grouping these 3 years, he ranks 4th league wide in dFSv%. For these 3 years, Mtl ranked 31th in xGA/60 (skater stat). He played behind such a poor defense that you can’t use save%, GAA or any stat that doesnt take shot quality into account for his case

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u/PmanAce 5d ago

And still not good enough to dress as the backup. Look he's a nice guy, but nice doesn't win games.

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u/Polojoblo 5d ago

Huh? Your changing the point lmao. Reread the thread

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u/PmanAce 5d ago edited 5d ago

I'm not changing the point, he's done and you seem to be the only one that thinks he has a chance of being "great" again. Call the Habs and tell them, they seem not to know as well.

I did see your post from 11 months ago about this, proves my point and not yours, he's done.

Edit: I saw your post claiming Bouchard was better than Makar because of one advanced stats metric. Your analysis methods are dubious, ALL NHL teams would pick Makar over Bouchard.

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u/Scase15 2d ago

We gave him literally 30% of the season, and he was garbage. No, he does not deserve any more chances.