The game yesterday was not “fertilizer” : it was crap

Last night, the Canadiens lost to the Blues. It ended 6-1 and it was tough to watch as a game.

For the second time since the return of the Confrontation of the four nations, the club did not get any points in the standings. It is therefore this morning at 75 points in 70 games.

Luckily for Martin St-Louis’s men that the other clubs in the race also lost last night.

The problem is that the habs, who have mastered the art of overcoming deficits in recent weeks, got burned in Saint-Louis. The start of the game was so bad that going for the win had become impossible.

Yes, the club will have to start its games better.

That being said, it is important to mention that despite the importance of the moment, the head coach did not panic. Martin St-Louis used an analogy to talk about the fact that the Canadiens did not completely fail.

In his eyes, last night’s game was not a failure: it was fertilizer.

 

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This being said, you know as well as I do that manure is a good fertilizer. And since last night’s game was manure, I think we are entitled to say that coach is right.

There is a nuance between not panicking, which is correct, and saying that last night’s game was not a failure. But at the same time, St-Louis has defended his club all year and the guys are still in the playoff picture: he knows what to say to get the best out of them.

It is clear that the coach did not panic since his handling of the Samuel Montembeault file leads us to believe that he did not want to deviate too much from his basic game plan.

Did he think that what was happening was not Monty’s fault and that a change would not have an effect? Did he simply not have confidence in Jakub Dobes, whose top of the net is a problem? I don’t know.

Of course, we agree that it took St-Louis a long time to make a move. He could have changed goalies after the Blues’ third goal. He could have done it after the Blues’ fourth goal. He could have done it after the second period.

He did it after the Blues’ fifth goal, in the middle of the third period. The game was then well and truly over.

Martin St. Louis pulled Sam Montembeault after the Blues took a 5-1 lead with 9:48 remaining in the game.

Do you think he should have done it earlier?@TonyMarinaro has an opinion #GoHabsGo #thesickpodcast pic.twitter.com/4suU5gnDF2

— The Sick Podcast with Tony Marinaro (@thesickpodcasts) March 26, 2025

It wasn’t necessarily Monty’s fault, but last night, the Canadiens needed a change of air in front of their net. It is also clear that the Canadiens’ goalie is tired at the moment since his workload is intense in the playoff race.

This being said, it remains that Monty surely did not enjoy losing to Jordan Binnington like that… #TeamCanada

overtime

The Canadiens will practice at lunchtime (12:30, Saint-Louis time) before heading to Philly for tomorrow’s game against the very powerful Flyers.

Who will be in front of the net tomorrow?