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The Montreal Canadiens recently hired Hall of Fame player Martin St. Louis as their head coach. While he is a well-
respected player, St. Louis has absolutely no professional coaching experience. Was this a good hire by Montreal?
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Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach - Martin St. Louis was a fan favourite throughout his hockey career; a tenacious player despite his
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stature, he understood what it took to play in the NHL. He earned the respect of his teammates, coaches, managers, and owners because
of his tenacity and his love of the game. I do believe Martin St. Louis taking on the position as Head Coach of the Montréal Canadiens
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is a very positive move for the team. I believe Martin will bring the right mindset to the dressing room to help turn the team around.
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Peter Collins - Sports Enthusiast - The hiring of Martin St. Louis is a good example of where Montreal’s organization is heading in the
next few years. This is a modern management team and it’s obvious that they’re not going to take the easy way out and hire an old school
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coach like Vigneault or Therrien, as some have suggested they do. They’re also not going to put the talented but enigmatic Patrick Roy
in charge as many have suggested they do - he carries too much baggage for their taste. No, this time they’ve gone outside the box and
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picked a smart character guy, one who produced a Hall of Fame career through hard work and dedication.
The Habs have become old and complacent over this past summer and St. Louis is the right guy to lead them out of the doldrums. Sure, he hasn’t been
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a head coach, but based on his attitude and hockey IQ, he’s worth the risk. A year from now, the Canadiens will be a younger, harder working team,
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and while success won’t come instantly, when it does happen it will be sustainable over the long term. No more patching, no more nice-guy contracts,
hockey moves that Bergevin had moderate success with. Those moves have come back to haunt the team: they’re cap challenged, their stars are old,
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and the on-ice product is lousy. Hiring St. Louis is a great move because it gives the Habs a chance at a new direction, something they desperately need!
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Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - Martin St. Louis as Habs Head Coach
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On the surface, it’s almost impossible to justify an NHL team hiring an “interim” head coach whose only coaching experience has been
with his son’s youth team. Once we get beyond that, though, the Montreal Canadiens hiring Martin St. Louis checks many boxes. He
was born and raised in Laval, and so French is his first language. He has excellent people skills and is at ease with the media.
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St. Louis’s path to the NHL as a player wasn’t conventional either, but things seemed to have worked out quite well for him. Undersized
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and undrafted, he signed an NHL contract following his NCAA career. During his sixteen seasons in the NHL, not only has he won a
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Stanley Cup, but also the Lady Bing, Hart, Art Ross, and Lester B. Pearson trophies, as well as an Olympic Gold Medal.
St. Louis has a very experienced assistant coaching team in Luke Richardson, Alex Burrows, and Trevor Litowski to help guide him. Vincent Lecavalier,
who along with St. Louis, led the Lightning to the Stanley Cup in 2004, was subsequently hired as Special Advisor to Hockey Operations, which
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indicates that the “interim” part of the Head Coach title may be short lived. The trading of Tyler Toffoli, who had 2 years left on a reasonable contract,
suggests that the Habs are going to rebuild around their youth, Suzuki, Caufield, Poehling, and Romanov. There will be very little pressure on the team
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to win in the next year or two, giving Martin St. Louis the time and opportunity to grow with a young team.
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