The screen for the Montreal Canadiens to end the lengthiest Stanley Cup famine in series record is ending more and more by the day, yet the group is currently in a having design.
General administrator Marc Bergevin declared Friday that goalie Carey Cost would not be prepared to return for at least another 3-4 several weeks from a lower-body damage that has kept him out since Nov. 25. The information basically assured that Bergevin will not be forcing all his snacks to the center available to go for the Stanley Cup this year.
Price's return would come far too near to the NHL Business Due date on Feb. 29 for Bergevin to know if his most essential gamer, one he known as the best gamer in the entire globe, will be on top of his activity and, more essential, resilient enough to hold up against the bustle of an extended run in the Stanley Cup 2010 playoffs.
Bergevin knows very well that the Canadiens cannot desire to win a Stanley Cup without a good Cost enjoying at the top of his activity. If Cost had been able to return instantly after the All-Star crack, as trainer Michel Therrien formerly recommended, it might have given Bergevin enough time to create a dedication on his goalkeeper and his group before trade deadline.But with Cost returning no formerly than Feb. 12, and quite probably later than that, Bergevin's shake space has all but disappeared.
"I'm not going to create a trade unless I believe it will shift us ahead," Bergevin said. "I'm not prepared to compromise the Canadiens' upcoming for a short-term remedy, or to trade away a fresh gamer who will go on to be successful somewhere else that we would repent for several decades."
But just how much time can Bergevin really wait? He does not want to dispose of the upcoming for a possible run this year, but in a very actual feeling, the upcoming is now.