For a moment of levity during this week's Montreal Canadiens news conference, GM Marc Bergevin jumbled English and French as he spoke about Carey Price's recent lacklustre performance.
When the reporter pointed out that he switched midway, he laughed and apologized, admitting that answering questions in both languages had him mixed up.
It's that kind of ease with Canada's official languages that the Montreal Canadiens have prioritized when looking for people to fill out its top brass, including head coaches, over the last few decades.
Bergevin fired head coach Michel Therrien Tuesday and brought in Claude Julien, himself recently fired as head coach of the Boston Bruins.
Both are bilingual francophones and both have coached the team before. The Habs are limited in their choices because there is an unwritten rule that the coach must speak French.
But will the team ever branch out and source a coach from the pool of anglophones?
