Canadians' coach St. Louis from Zero to Hero from Jack Adams game – Hockey Writer – Montreal Canadian

The ridiculousness of this situation reached its boiling point after the Montreal Canadiens lost to the last Chicago Blackhawks in the shootout in Game 81 of the regular season.

Several games were played beforehand, and under head coach Martin St. Louis, the Canadians beat the Detroit Red Wings in the biggest game of the season (so far) to create an eight-point shot between them and the remaining four teams in the second Eastern Conference field game. At that time, Habs only needed three points to win the championship in his last four games (or missed the three points in the ranking for all the teams still alive). Fair deal.

Except for the Columbus blue jacket, each of each of the four teams succumbed. As the Canadians struggled to get the points they needed, Jackets made a six-game winning streak to end their season, effectively forcing Habs' hands. They have to make sure at least a little bit against the counterparts Carolina Hurricanes in the final game of the season, or skip theirs in the standings by watching the jacket win over the New York Islanders the next night.

More Canadians than mixed

In the minds of at least a few panicked Canadian creeps, it doesn't have to. If Habs just beat the mean Blackhawks, it wouldn't have reached that point. If they screwed it up, they had to pay for it…although the undeniable facts showed a lot of improvement in the standings for the third consecutive season, and six months ago, the team failed to make a huge improvement in their third year of rebuilding, enough to get them to “mix” at the end of the season. St. Louis should be fired.

At that time, what was the difference between a single victory, was it? In a Hurricane team, Ice Hockey has ended in the first round, and for various intentions and purposes, they don’t care whether they won or lost to the Canadians, so much so that they take up a third of the regular lineup.

The truth is, St. Louis Canadians find themselves more able to speak out their blue jackets and their determination than Habs and lack their blue jackets and their determination. Can they beat the Blackhawks earlier this week? Sure, but the background matters, with the Blackhawks finishing the season with a 4-1-1 record, losing to the president-winning Winnipeg Jets in a shootout.

Under normal circumstances, like the Canadians did in three games against the Hurricanes, it was a bit disappointing, but overall it was perfectly acceptable. But with the Blue Jackets keeping victory, including two consecutive decisions to the Eastern Conference-leading capital, Habs will face it coincidentally enough in the first round, St. Louis is… to blame, somehow?

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And, now that the Canadiens have violated all odds to come to the playoffs, according to early-season expectations, St. Louis is the Jack Adams Award dialogue and one of the best coaches in the league? “Of course,” the columnist wrote, the irony oozed every pore.

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Now, St. Louis is likely not going to win. He may not even be named a finalist. However, he definitely deserves to bring the Canadian to this point, which effectively guides his players to rare, consistent linear growth throughout the reconstruction process.

To be honest, St. Louis probably shouldn't win. He is not without flaws. The Canadian has always found himself starting the game, which is at least part of him, and he keeps making suspicious deployment decisions. He hasn't dressed up as a defensive player Arber Xhekaj since early April, when he might have no choice but to put the Capitals team that put Tom Wilson's roster into a cold war.

Still, the Canadians don’t need to beat the capital this season, which is considered a huge success. Honestly, this is arguably a success midway through the Canadians, when they didn’t even make the playoffs. Instead, from early December to that point and actually at the end of the season, they just showed the ability to succeed sustainably. Now, St. Louis isn't the only reason. Forward Patrik Laine, defender Alexandre Carrier and goalkeeper Jakub Dobes have a thought of a trend-changing player.

But St. Louis is a big one. And if all of his critics possessed impatientness and the progress over the past few years was actually obvious, the process could not be believed for a long time, and it said more to them, just like the canadiens' winning situation the previous few days, and the statement about the blue jacket was even more said.

St. Louis' hottest is cold enough now

Earlier, St. Louis was actually in the hot seat, when the Canadiens started 4-9-2 and were in the midst of a six-game winning streak. The reasoning was hurt so much at the time and expectations were still quite low, which was an incredible flaw. By the end of a win campaign, the playoffs will continue with the coach who directed the team (now the youngest team in history) and that’s zero reason, a season they barely missed.

Honestly, this is similar to calling for St. Louis's sack if they are swept in the first round. Even more striking is that last year the capital was barely sneaked (the same 91 points) and swept away. Look at them now.

Obviously, Canadian fans should satisfy their position. The reconstruction is planned ahead because if they miss the playoff location, it will be a goal next year. Now, General Manager Kent Hughes has cut his work to adjust the team to base his position completed this spring to achieve greater success in 2025-26. It's safe to say, “behind the bench” isn't on his to-do list (as if it's).