Montreal Canadiens: Very worrying statement from Martin St-Louis
Martin St-Louis has shown that he is a patient but firm man since taking over with the Montreal Canadiens nearly three years ago.
It is certain that you have to be with a young team that is rebuilding, but this year, he is starting to have to answer for things and patience is becoming less and less lax. Martin has already lost his cool several times, without losing control.
It is important not to lose control, especially in a press conference. Coaches who had success have lost their jobs for this type of reason. I am thinking in particular of Guy Carbonneau.
After the last 6-3 defeat at the hands of the Washington Capitals, St-Louis implied that his team is really not doing well and that he is worried about what happens next.
When the coach of an NHL team seems to no longer have confidence in his team, it starts to be serious, and that is what is implied in the following statement.
Obviously, the Canadiens are hurting themselves a lot and it's only their fault if they lose games. The coach's words mean that the Canadiens' opponents aren't playing well enough to necessarily win. It's the Canadiens who are playing poorly enough to lose.
The players have no confidence and the coach has no confidence. Things are not going well at shop!
The only way to get out of this hole is to work even harder and make sure to work harder than the opponents in every game.
So Friday's very intense punitive training session will have served some purpose and I expect a change tonight. I have the impression that the Canadiens will come into this game with a knife between their teeth.
