Can Montreal Really Take The Next Step With St. Louis As The Coach ?

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Bring in Bruce Boudreau.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

The fans love him till they don’t. Then look out

 

[Jee]

He stinks

I met him, he's got great body hygiene. His cologne smells so good it makes you want to lick all his tight muscles.

 

[MNRube]

Habs really have an abundance of impressive blue liners in the system but who is going to be the shutdown or two-way stud? Guhle, Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux all seem like PP guys. Only Reinbacher projects to be a two-way difference maker and that remains uncertain.

 

[NyQuil]

You need different kinds of coaches at different stages of a rebuild IMO.

 

[MoneyManny]

I met him, he's got great body hygiene. His cologne smells so good it makes you want to lick all his tight muscles.

Sounds like a massive locker room distraction.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Habs really have an abundance of impressive blue liners in the system but who is going to be the shutdown or two-way stud? Guhle, Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux all seem like PP guys. Only Reinbacher projects to be a two-way difference maker and that remains uncertain.

Guhle is a top 2 two way defender. Reinbacher should be. Engstrom, Struble should be solid defrensivley.

 

[NyQuil]

Sounds like a massive locker room distraction.

But in a sexy way.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

You need different kinds of coaches at different stages of a rebuild IMO.

True and either St Louis progresses and/or they add assistant coaches to handle what he can't.

 

[HabsAddict]

MSL needs a defensive system coach and a PP coach. If he doesn't like it, bye bye....

The problem then becomes politics of getting rid a Quebecois coach, which needs a Quebecois replacement.

 

[Knave]

Sure, if they're on a treadmill and not actually moving forward.

 

[bud12]

Habs really have an abundance of impressive blue liners in the system but who is going to be the shutdown or two-way stud? Guhle, Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux all seem like PP guys. Only Reinbacher projects to be a two-way difference maker and that remains uncertain.

Guhle is already a two way stud who play again the best each day and he's not used on the pp by MSL. To stay in topic, no, I don't think MSL have what it take to make them take the next step.

 

[Fatass]

No. As with almost all rebuilding clubs the coach during the rebuild will be replaced with a guy who forces players to not cheat for points.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

No, he's too short, so they need a step stool.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Habs really have an abundance of impressive blue liners in the system but who is going to be the shutdown or two-way stud? Guhle, Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux all seem like PP guys. Only Reinbacher projects to be a two-way difference maker and that remains uncertain.

Guhle is not a PP guy

 

[LevelingSolo]

I would be surprised

 

[HabzSauce]

Maybe. Last year they sucked but MSL had them playing over their heads and kept it competitive most nights

 

[Jeune Poulet]

The problem then becomes politics of getting rid a Quebecois coach, which needs a Quebecois replacement.

It's a myth.

There have been only four Québécois out of the last ten Habs coaches chosen.

 

[thefutures]

Hire gallant plz

 

[crowi]

Habs should do what I bet Molson wants and bring Bergevin back as a coach. Otherwise clearly their young team is DOOMED.

 

[CanadienShark]

I lean towards no. He was the right coach at the right time to change the culture, but I don't think he's the right coach to help them turn into a playoff team or Cup contender.

 

[CanadienShark]

Habs really have an abundance of impressive blue liners in the system but who is going to be the shutdown or two-way stud? Guhle, Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux all seem like PP guys. Only Reinbacher projects to be a two-way difference maker and that remains uncertain.

Guhle a PP guy? Huh? You've got it backwards. He's stellar defensively and has some offensive ability.

Reinbacher is absolutely not a PP guy either. At best he's like McDonagh where he's passable, but his calling card is eating minutes and being reliable defensively.

 

[Number 57]

MSL is just fine as a coach

Montreal has basically been running a full-blown rookie defensive corps for 3 years with mediocre goaltending, what did you expect? We still have rookies coming in (Hutson, Mailloux, Reinbacher, Engstrom) but at least Montembeault is coming into it's own and the other kids are starting to gain experience now.

I'm quite excited about our forwards. If Laine had not gotten injured we would actually have pretty decent top-9 and still very young. We also have Demidov, Hage, Roy, Beck and others all waiting in the wings.

Very likely to add another top-10 pick this year too.

Honestly, 2025-26 is such a huge year for this team. This is when it all comes together and they gotta make the playoffs. If they don't, I could definitely see MSL get the boot and a few changes/trades to the organisation.

 

[Essenege]

Man-to-man defensive system is dogshit. It’s very apparent that every time they retrieve the puck in the Dzone the D has no easy pass option so it results in too many turnovers on breakout attempts.

He will have to swallow its pride at some point.

 

[HabsQC]

I wish that he can, because the guy is a legend and I like the person a lot. But he might lack experience in the long run.

Also it's only two games, back to back vs Toronto and Boston, so let's give him a little more time