I know that the year 2024 is not completely over, but if we take the player statistics since January 1, 2024, we can see that the Canadian lacks attack.
You knew it… but I'm going to prove it to you anyway.
Looking at the stats of the Canadiens players since January 1, 2024, we can see that not everyone has really produced a lot since 2023 gave way to 2024.
In terms of goals, for example, it's not an easy task.
Only two players have more than 20 goals (Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki) and only seven players have found the back of the net at least 10 times. On a sample of one year and 80 matches, there!
I don't think anyone fell out of their seats since everyone saw the Canadian not scoring often for 12 months. But still.
It's intense.
When we look at the points, we also see that it is not incredible. Yes, Nick Suzuki is at the point per game level and yes, Cole Caufield has respectable stats.
But otherwise?
Juraj Slafkovsky (whose 2023-2024 explosion came in 2024) is above the 50-point mark. Mike Matheson is in the same waters as his Slovak colleague.
But behind them, it's thin. No one reached 40 points, which is a relatively low bar for the team's fourth-most productive forward over nearly 12 months.
Seeing Lane Hutson in the top-10, even though he is a defender who arrived in April and has not scored often, still says a lot about the rest of Martin St-Louis' training.
Note that if Sean Monahan (14 points in 13 games in Montreal in 2024) had stayed long term with the club, he would undoubtedly be well placed on the list. But that's not the case.
Prolongation
I can't wait to see where Ivan Demidov will be ranked if we were to do the same exercise in 12 months. It probably won't be at the top because of the sample, but…
But in terms of the number of points per match, he could be advantageously well ranked if everything goes well for him. To be followed in due course.
