PLAYER PROMPT

Being on a rebuilding team is not easy, to say the least, especially being one of the prospects that has been touted as the next generation for the team. That has been what Jonathon Hagan was facing on his first opening night in Montreal. Now that pressure remains, except amped up by the addition of big pieces to the Patriotes during the offseason. Dwayne Gretzky, a veteran forward who can light the lamp with the best in the league, and Sconnie McHits, an up and coming star winger, now stand on the blue line with Hagan as the anthem plays. While they surely feel some pressure themselves, Hagan can't help but feel like he is the leader of the youth movement, and has to prove himself this year. Between higher expectations, and a poor couple of seasons for himself, Hagan knows that if he doesn't start producing, and showing the league the force that Montreal is becoming, he could be in deep trouble himself.