Martin St-Louis: 2-3 years earlier than his departure, La Presse journalists suppose – Dose.ca Categorical Occasions

Martin St-Louis has been on the helm of the Canadiens for nearly two years now. Clearly, his 45-64-10 file isn’t essentially superb, however once you put it within the context of the town’s present rebuild, it already appears to be like loads higher.

Some want to see victories come quicker, however once you add accidents to the equation, that’s quite a lot of obstacles which have held the Habs again over the previous two years.

That stated, even when two years isn’t essentially a very long time, it’s for an NHL coach. To present you an concept, solely 10 of the NHL’s 32 present coaches have been on the job longer than MSL.

Inevitably, then, this leads us to marvel what awaits St-Louis within the years to return in Montreal… and the very query was raised throughout right this moment’s episode of the Sortie de zone podcast, introduced by La Presse and 98.5 FM.

And right this moment’s panel gave us a solution that’s positive to impress a response: two La Presse journalists, Richard Labbé and Alexandre Pratt, are speaking about St-Louis leaving inside the subsequent two years.

Jérémie Rainville, for his half, isn’t rather more optimistic, mentioning a doable departure in three years’ time. Antoine Roussel, however, is probably the most optimistic of the lot, predicting (not less than) one other 4-5 years.

At first look, this may increasingly come as a shock, given St-Louis’s present goodwill in Montreal… however all 4 panelists have level: the coach is sure to depart, and it might occur earlier than we predict.

At present, there are solely six coaches throughout the NHL who had been employed earlier than the beginning of 2020, i.e. within the final 4 years. That implies that if St-Louis is on the job for an additional two years, he’ll be certainly one of solely a handful of coaches who’ve been on the job that lengthy.

And the factor about these six coaches (Jon Cooper, Mike Sullivan, Jared Bednar, Rod Brind’Amour, Todd McLellan and Sheldon Keefe) is that they’ve all been very profitable. Their groups are among the many contenders yearly, and whereas Keefe’s Maple Leafs haven’t had a lot success within the playoffs, the opposite 5 have.

The primary three have gained the Stanley Cup not less than as soon as, whereas the Hurricanes and Kings are constant league powers. You get the image.

So I’d prefer to say that the rebuild should begin bearing fruit inside the subsequent two years to make sure job safety for Martin St-Louis…

Until he’s tempted by one other place throughout the NHL if he feels he’s served his time in Montreal.

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