“We have a really good group of people in hockey ops — and that’s not just the dressing room, that’s everybody here,\u0022 he says.
The word Hughes kept using over and over during his news conference was “balance” as he tries to rebuild a team that finished with the worst record in the NHL last season and has shown improvement since he took over and then Martin St. Louis was hired as head coach.
The Canadiens aren’t going to make the playoffs this season and each loss during the second half improves their chances of winning the NHL draft lottery and landing Connor Bedard, who would certainly speed up the rebuilding process. Hughes added that to just play the young players and not worry about winning games would result in losing the locker room — something that happened to former head coach Dominique Ducharme.Article content
“We talked a lot about having a circular management structure, where information flowed instead of different silos, and I think we’ve been successful in doing that to this point,” he added. “I expect it to continue to be a challenge as we move forward. I’m not ignorant of the fact that there’s less pressure today than there may be in a year’s time or two years’ time and people generally react differently under more pressure-packed environments.
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