{"id":20083,"date":"2017-12-12T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=20083"},"modified":"2017-12-12T09:42:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:42:02","slug":"20083","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/12\/12\/20083\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word on the Habs Pod – Episode 11 (Are the Montreal Canadiens Mediocre?)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Last Word on Habs Podcast is brought to you by the Last Word on Sports Network. Co-hosted by the LWOH Montreal Canadiens<\/a> team managers Connor Lapalme<\/a> and Johannes Wheeldon<\/a>, it is a weekly look at the Habs and features guests from the Last Word on Sports community and others. Join us for smart takes, controversial opinions, and news. This week:\u00a0Are the Montreal Canadiens Mediocre?<\/p>\n

Last Word on the Habs Pod – Episode 11 (Are the Montreal Canadiens Mediocre?)<\/h1>\n

Be sure to follow @LWOS_Habs for Habs news, commentary, and analysis.<\/p>\n

This week we talked about the losses to the\u00a0St. Louis Blues,<\/a> the\u00a0Calgary Flames<\/a>, and the blow out loss to the\u00a0Edmonton Oilers<\/a>. We considered the benefits of mediocrity,\u00a0Claude Julien<\/a><\/strong>‘s approach in OT, and lamented the Alex Galchenyuk<\/a><\/strong> situation. This week we were joined by\u00a0John Fischer, founder and managing editor of the All About the Jersey<\/a>\u00a0at SB Nation, to\u00a0talk the New Jersey Devils.\u00a0<\/b>We revisited our rebuild talk and Marc Bergevin<\/a><\/strong>‘s challenges. Finally, we concluded by looking at the week ahead. This includes Thursday nights game against the high flying New Jersey\u00a0Devils. The Habs start an extended road trip on Saturday against the struggling\u00a0Ottawa Senators<\/a>.<\/p>\n