{"id":23620,"date":"2018-02-19T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=23620"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:54:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T16:54:43","slug":"last-word-habs-pod-episode-16-trust-marc-bergevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/02\/19\/last-word-habs-pod-episode-16-trust-marc-bergevin\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Word on Habs Pod &#8211; Episode 16 (Do You Trust Marc Bergevin?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Word on Habs Pod is brought to you by the Last Word on Sports Network. Co-hosted by the LWOH <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> team manager\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/author\/connorlapalme\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Lapalme<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/author\/johanneswheeldon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johannes Wheeldon<\/a>, it is a weekly look at the Habs and features guests from the Last Word on Sports community and other hockey writers. Join us for smart takes, controversial opinions, and news you can use about the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<h1>Last Word on Habs Pod &#8211; Episode 16 (Do You Trust <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bergema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bergevin<\/a>?)<\/h1>\n<p>Be sure to follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LWOS_Habs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LWOS_Habs<\/a> for Habs news, commentary, and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>On episode 16 of the Last Word on Habs pod, Connor and Johannes discuss the Habs great game in a losing effort against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallabr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brendan Gallagher<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s post-game comments gave our hosts something new to discuss. The Habs followed up (arguably) their best performance of the season with two duds against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona<\/a> (not Phoenix).<\/p>\n<p>Marc Bergevin&#8217;s abilities as a general manager are (again) discussed at length by our hosts. Is his job in jeopardy? Should he be making trades at the deadline? Can he clean up his mess?<\/p>\n<p>Our hosts are joined this week by The Hockey Writers <a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/author\/rszporer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Szporer<\/a> to discuss all things Habs. Szporer highlights several reasons for the Habs abysmal season and lays them all at the feet of Marc Bergevin.<\/p>\n<p>All this and much, much more! Tune in!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/xqsmp-89ae6b?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/xqsmp-89ae6b?from=yiiadmin\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Last Word on Habs Pod Episode 16 Rundown<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Intro&#8217;s and Pizza Parties (00:00 &#8211; 3:50)<\/p>\n<p>Habs week review\/Subban\/Gallagher comments (3:51 &#8211; 18:30)<\/p>\n<p>Is Marc Bergevin on thin ice\/retool \u00a0(18:31 &#8211; 34:30)<\/p>\n<p>Is Tavares a &#8220;plan&#8221;? Build through free agency (34:31 &#8211; 39:45)<\/p>\n<p>Marc Bergevin, Disaster Artist (39:46 &#8211; 46:10)<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Szporer interview (46:20 -1:11:07)<\/p>\n<p>Wrote for Us (1:11:08 &#8211; 1:11:40)<\/p>\n<p>Habs week ahead and Sign Off (1:11:41 &#8211; 1:19: 29)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening. Be sure to contact us at @LWOS_Habs. We love hearing your views, reviews, and suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/author\/rszporer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Spzorer<\/a> this week. Follow him on twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rszporer\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@rszporer<\/a>. He highlighted a few of his articles including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/montreal-canadiens-untouchable-mete-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal\u00a0Canadiens: Who Should Be Untouchable?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/montreal-canadiens-gm-bergevin-out-excuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bergevin is Out of Excuses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehockeywriters.com\/montreal-canadiens-top-10-quotes-bergevin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top 10 Quotes from GM Bergevin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to\u00a0Ethan Meixsell, Topher Mohr and Alex Elena, and Silent Partner for their musical contributions to the Last Word on Habs Pod.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Last Word on Habs Podcast is brought to you by the Last Word on Sports Network. Co-hosted by the Montreal Canadiens team manager Connor Lapalme and Johannes Wheeldon, it is a weekly look at the Habs, news, notes, arguments, and aspirations. It features guests from the Last Word on Sports community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Johannes Wheeldon <\/strong>is a father, author, college professor, and criminal justice consultant. Mostly he is a Habs fan with plenty of opinions. Contact him on twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/justicelawdev\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@justicelawdev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connor Lapalme<\/strong>\u00a0is<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>a writer and editor of the Last Word on Hockey. A passionate Hockey and Habs fans, Connor is never afraid to share his opinion. 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