And we don’t care about the young folks…..

Pleky, Cammi, Gionta and Gomez (and Metro) are the only guys scoring. Here are the forwards who aren’t: AK-46, Latendresse, Lapierre, Pacioretty, D’Agostini (before the hit), and for good measure, brother Sergei.

Notice something? NONE of the forwards from last year are playing well this year except the veterans, Pleky and Metro. So why aren’t they performing?

Let’s look at what our slumping forwards have in common:  Good size, speed, experience on a variety of lines….but MOST importantly I think…all are 24 and under (very young), all of them were drafted by the Habs to play a certain way, their head coaches were basically only Don Lever or Guy Carbonneau and beloved Saku was their captain.

None of that is true anymore. Now it’s a new system. New coach. New players. New linemates. No captain.

Taking all this into account, of course the young guys are going to have more trouble adjusting than the old guys. Plus, Jacques Martin is a perfectionist. He gets upset when he doesn’t get what he wants and starts frantically switching lines – this too will be tougher on the young guys.

The young folks are suffering from career-low confidence right now. We would love for them to be pros, to suck it up and grow a thicker skin, but it seems to me like they need patience and consistency, otherwise this season is in the toilet.