Confirmed with Link: OFFICIAL: Martin St-Louis is the 32nd head coach in Canadiens history (3 year contract)

[MarkJ]

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[DAChampion]

What an inspired hire.

 

[jaffy27]

It’s a good day

 

[Hostile Offer]

Looks like they're embracing the rebuild. No other reason to extend an interim coach with very little coaching experience and under whom we haven't really played good hockey either (although better than Ducharme, don't get me wrong here). Three years is a long contract though.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Excited! Now to see how he'll be right from the get-go instead of coming into a situation that didn't take much to be better than the DD reign.

At the same time, it's not like we're expecting them to suddenly be a playoff team. So the expectation isn't for him to turn this around right away. But one thing we're looking for is compete level and entertainment, even in losses. And I fully believe that MSL will help bring that out of the players.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

This day is memorable.

Because a twitter information was posted by someone other than Adam Michaels.

Mark it in the calendar!

 

[WeThreeKings]

The right guy for this time of the rebuild. Hopefully he can grow with the team.

 

[Vachon23]

I was hopping they would annonce that Alex Burrows and Trevor Letowski won’t comeback, but still happy the MSL deal is done

 

[Tuggy]

Yeah I agree, it's right guy for where this team is right now.

 

[durojean]

Excited! Now to see how he'll be right from the get-go instead of coming into a situation that didn't take much to be better than the DD reign.

At the same time, it's not like we're expecting them to suddenly be a playoff team. So the expectation isn't for him to turn this around right away. But one thing we're looking for is compete level and entertainment, even in losses. And I fully believe that MSL will help bring that out of the players.

Honestly, I think the last thing he should do for next year is to change his approach. It is not like we will be a contending team next year.

Continue to get the best out of rookies. Let them make mistake, make them progress. Sacrifice the now for the future. Maybe we will be worst on the short term, but it will be so much beneficial for the future.

 

[HughJazz3dg]

I think he’s a great coach for where they’re at. They need someone who wants to develop players, not force systems down their throats. A really positive place for Shane Wright to come into.

 

[Karma Police]

I want a coach that utilize his young guys a lot and let them make mistakes.

St-Louis is the guy for that.

Honestly couldn't care less about the score as long as we see progress in our young guys.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

This day is memorable.

Because a twitter information was posted by someone other than Adam Michaels.

Mark it in the calendar!

This only happens whenever Adam takes a toilet break.

 

[expy]

Now fire Burrows

 

[GermanHabsFan72]

 

[Sterling Archer]

I even like the term. Happy it's finally done.

 

[beowulf]

Guess we shall see where this goes. He surprised me last season and he looks like a good guy to be coach while rebuilding. I can only hope he continues to develop as a coach while he helps the young guys he seemed to inspire last season to do better.

 

[FrankMTL]

This only happens whenever Adam takes a toilet break.

Or when he needs to drop his kid off at school.

 

[Deebs]

I was hoping for a legitimate coaching search but knew this was going to be the outcome. Hopefully some new assistants come in to help him out and clean up our brutal special teams.

He'll get better with experience, so hopefully he grows with the young core

 

[Whitesnake]

3 years is perfect.

 

[xX SEYF Xx]

Show 'em Marty

 

[the]

Great hire! I love what St-Louis did with the team this season. His work with Caufield and to a lesser extend Suzuki has been phenomenal. I love his approach to letting the kids play. His team is fun to watch and a breath of fresh air.

I think they should have settled for 2 years since St-Louis still has limited coaching experience but who cares it’s Molson’s money and doesn’t negatively impact the team.

Now please hire a competent PP coach.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

The Habs could've finished 5-32-0 with him and I still would've wanted him back.

It has been over 2 decades of coaches here playing it "safe" and relying on shitty veterans instead of giving young kids an opportunity.

Our 3 top scorers under MSL were 3 of our youngest forwards, Romanov made MASSIVE strides and was playing huge minutes to end the year, Evans had 17 points in 35 games which is solid 3rd line production and even veterans like Petry looked significantly better.

Excited to see how the team looks after a full training camp with MSL and he's the perfect guy to have around a young group as we move forward.

 

[KevSkillz4]

The perfect coach for Cole Caufield. Martin St.Louis can turn Caufield into a superstar type of player IMO.

 

[DougHarvey]

I guess Marty will look at his assisstants now.