The situation does not bode well for Martin St-Louis with the Montreal Canadiens

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Greg Wilson
November 4, 2024 (6:50 PM)

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Since the beginning of the season, we can see that Martin St-Louis' patience has started to show its limits and several experts in the hockey world agree that the honeymoon seems to be well and truly over.

Even if the rumors of dismissals are not present, the fact remains that we are starting to look at which candidate could replace the former NHL star behind the bench if Kent Hughes ever decides to take action.

That said, if we were also to look towards a next coach for the Montreal Canadiens, we might not have to look very far.

As he mentions via his X account, Andrew Zadarnowski, hockey historian, said while Pascal Vincent is having an excellent start at the helm of the Laval Rocket, Martin St-Louis is starting to feel the heat in Montreal.

Since the start of the season, the Canadiens' AHL farm team has been sitting atop its division with a record of eight wins in nine games.

But Zadarnowski mentioned that he doesn't expect one imminently at the Canadiens because the last time the organization had to fire a coach to replace him with his AHL counterpart was in 2003.

At that time, André Savard, then general manager of the Canadiens, had fired Michel Therrien to replace him with Claude Julien, who was leading the farm team that was at the time the Hamilton Bulldogs.

Could this scenario happen again 21 years later?

It is obviously too early to make such a conclusion but it is possible that Pascal Vincent could eventually be in the organization's plans to take over from Martin St-Louis if the latter is not able to right the ship.