Michel Therrien not afraid to attack legend St-Louis

Following last Thursday’s crushing 5-1 loss to the Florida Panthers, Martin St-Louis stood in front of a pack of reporters and repeated over and over again “we played a good game”. An elocution that tickled many, including my wife, who screamed it all night, and Michel Therrien, who didn’t mince his words on the subject.

During his pre-game segment broadcast on TVA Sports and hosted by Élizabeth Rancourt, Therrien didn’t mince words about St-Louis’ comments, saying that this was the NHL, not the atomic category.

“I have a hard time with that, to be honest. We’re in the National League, we’re not out on Saturday mornings with atom or pee-wee kids. In the NHL, I apologize, but that’s not how it works.” – Therrien

À VOIR | Dans la LNH, je m’excuse, mais c’est pas de même que ça marche” – Michel Therrien annoyed by an answer from Martin St-Louishttps://t.co/T7JIyyfuPo

– TVA Sports (@TVASports) December 3, 2023

The former Tricolore chief pilot also added that, based on his extensive experience as a career coach, following a humiliating 5-1 defeat, trash cans were flying around the locker room and punches were being thrown on the table. Therrien rightly pointed out that a team can’t grow by accepting defeat.

“When I hear that, it sounds like everything’s okay. It’s a dangerous game… you look at the Buffalo Sabres… they’ve got great players, but they’ve grown up accepting losses. It has to hurt to lose.” – Therrien

Having said that, I’m not in a position to certify whether St-Louis was informed of Therrien’s words during the game, which would be surprising, but in the aftermath of this setback, the coach was quite a bit less jovial. The Hall of Famer was quick to point out that many players weren’t ready.

In short, Michel Therrien was certainly pleased to hear a much more lucid Martin St-Louis after the Detroit Red Wings game than after the Florida Panthers.

In a gust

– Cole Caufield won the Molson Cup with just three goals in 14 games… That says a lot about the CH’s current form.

You know it wasn’t a banner month when your Molson Cup winner was a goal scorer (Caufield) who notched 3 goals in 14 games. Look for the Habs to be targeting forwards in the 2024 draft. They may also consider dealing a blueliner for a young forward a la the Dach trade.

– Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) December 3, 2023

– The Laval Rocket was proud of Mitchell Stephens!

Congratulations to Mitchell Stephens on his first game with the @CanadiensMTL

Congratulations to Mitchell Stephens on his first game with the @CanadiensMTL pic.twitter.com/gV1YyyDUwY

– Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) December 3, 2023

– The Canadiens’ goaltending headache will never end!

If the Canadiens decide to send Primeau to Laval, there will be an interesting decision to make. Mann has clearly outplayed Dobes so far this season. Dobes’s save percentage of 86% suggests that he may be best served spending some time in the ECHL to find his game.

– Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) December 3, 2023

– Alex Galchenyuk is having a great time in the KHL: