from Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette,

Following the Canadiens’ 4-2 loss in Winnipeg on Saturday night, Guy Carbonneau said on RDS’s L’Antichambre that it’s tough to win when you have eight third- and fourth-liners on your team.

Bingo!

The Canadiens flew home from Winnipeg immediately after the loss to the Jets, arriving in Montreal around 2 a.m. after going winless on their four-game road trip (0-3-1) with stops in San Jose, Anaheim, Los Angeles and Winnipeg.

The Canadiens scored two goals in all four games — and as coach Michel Therrien is fond of saying, a team needs to score at least three goals to win in today’s NHL.

The Canadiens scored at least three goals in each of their first nine games this season while getting off to a franchise-record 9-0 start. In the 57 games since, they have scored three or more goals 23 times while going 21-30-6.

The eventual return of goalie Carey Price won’t fix that problem.

And GM Marc Bergevin did nothing to fix it at the NHL trade deadline last Monday, acquiring three more third- and/or fourth-line players in Phillip Danault, Mike Brown and Stefan Matteau.

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from Jack Todd at the Montreal Gazette,