Confirmed with Link: Habs name Martin St. Louis interim head coach

[Wats]

Good choice for the tank and maybe to teach kids. Watch him being chosen to groom Caufield.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Interim for 35 games
Can't go wrong if things goes wrong

 

[montreal]

Stupid.

you can't even give it a chance? Like what we look worse?

 

[angusyoung]

 

[sheed36]

 

[The Great Weal]

Doesn't matter if MSL is a good coach or not since we're rebuilding and tanking.
We just need someone who can have the team play at a respectable level (for a bottom team) and prioritize the development of the kids.
Can't be worse than how Ducharme coached this year.

Yup. I don't care about the losses, I want to see the proper compete level and proper use of the kids.

 

[morhilane]

Good luck MSL, you will need it.

 

[FF de Mars]

Feels like a Ted Lasso moment.

 

[jaffy27]

Interim again what a joke

Wrong thread, the joke has just been fired!!

 

[neopreneur]

I'm speechless. Looking forward to the presser tomorrow, especially the justifications.
I have so many questions

 

[L'Aveuglette]

We cant be worse than the present. It gets a fresh voice in and allows us the flexibility to let St louis go if he doesnt pan out

Not sure how exactly he could pan out considering he's an interim coach in a lost season where tanking is now the best approach. Sounds like a no-win situation for Marty.

 

[sampollock]

cant go any worse then we have now...

go get them little STL

 

[donghabs98]

Lecavalier next?

Assistant GM wouldn't surprise me

 

[montreal]

in case it gets buried in the Dom being fired thread,

For those that don't know, Harris/Struble are teammates of St.Louis's son. So you would have Kent Hughes son and MSL's son on the same team so clearly the two dads would have talked a good bit this year since I know it's been said Hughes saw many of his sons games and I assume the same is true for MSL. I know Primeau's dad was often at his Northeastern games.


So he coached his son's teams but his son has really struggled as a Freshman at Northeastern, just 1 goal in 26 games and gets very little playing time.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

All part of the bigger to plan to sign Harris

 

[dkd]

Should've just allowed Douche-harm to tank this team until the end of the season.

 

[Dr Beinfest]

you can't even give it a chance? Like what we look worse?

What qualifications to be an NHL head coach does he does he have? Being a local in Montreal? Why is this a good thing for that team?

 

[ArtPeur]

Perfect for Cole Caufield!!

Is Cole taller?

 

[le_sean]

you can't even give it a chance? Like what we look worse?

There are plenty of candidates that have paid their dues at multiple levels that could have been given a shot. Not some errand boy that’s coached PeeWee briefly.

More garbage nepotism. Typical NHL, typical Habs.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Bergevin might have said expect the unexpected, but Hughes and Gorton REALLY live it.

 

[donghabs98]

Not sure how exactly he could pan out considering he's an interim coach in a lost season where tanking is now the best approach. Sounds like a no-win situation for Marty.

Im more surprised he took the chance but I guess he figured he'd get his feet wet with coaching. Becoming coach of the Habs though is a very tough first job in coaching.

 

[Captain97]

I mean can't be worse and is an interesting interim choice.

 

[Whitesnake]

There's one thing I like. Interim.

 

[KevSkillz4]

Should've just allowed Douche-harm to tank this team until the end of the season.

With 8-30-7 after 45 games... it's safe to say that we have a bottom 5 finish team at the end of the season.

 

[beowulf]

hahahaha Habs being the Habs, his only coaching experience is mostly as an assistant coach for his sons teams, which is what Pee Wee level AAA? ouch.

 

[JianYang]

What has st louis been doing? Any coaching experience?

I mean, I find it odd that he accepts an interim tag on a team that probably won't do well for his coaching reputation. Unless he hasn't been coaching at all, then I get it because msl has very little leverage.