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The future is now.

On the face of it, it should be a quiet summer for Marc Bergevin. The Canadiens general manager doesn’t have any hugely important new contracts to sign.

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But as is so often the case with the Habs, appearances can be deceptive. I — and all the other long-suffering citizens of Habs Nation — firmly believe this is a crucial summer for M. Bergevin.

He simply can’t sit there and do nothing. He has to break out of the lethargy that gripped him all season as he watched the team self-destruct in front of his very eyes. Given the tone of his post-season news conference, every indication is that he’s going to hold the fort, that he’s going to hunker down in the foxhole and wait it out, counting down the days until the saviour — aka Saint Carey — returns to save his (and the team’s) bacon.

And that would be a colossal mistake. Bergevin’s argument is that last season’s epic fail was all about Price’s injury and, of course, losing your God-like goalie is a bad thing. But will he be God-like again next season? Will he be healthy? Who knows.