At the moment, it feels like the Canadiens organization has a mandate for those who have been asked to speak publicly to the media: to take the pressure off Jacob Fowler’s shoulders.
Jacob Fowler has not been made available to the media. The head coach refused to say when Fowler would play… and more to the point, that he was not a savior.
We know that.
And the players who did speak didn’t exactly talk about him as if he were the greatest thing since sliced bread. And it’s certainly not because they don’t like his face…
Brendan Gallagher, in front of the media, was particularly keen to point out that Carey Price has been excellent in town, but that it wasn’t easy for him in his early days. Some things didn’t work out so well.
