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It's the news of the day in Montreal: the Canadiens fired their goaltending coach, Éric Raymond, earlier this morning.
Marco Marciano is coming in as backup, having been sought after throughout the NHL. And everything being said about him is positive.
Kevin Poulin, who played alongside him in Laval with the Rocket, praised his coaching skills.
It's simple, really: Poulin said in an interview (TVA Sports) that Marco Marciano helped him extend his career. The goaltender was struggling to find his footing after some difficult years in Europe, and Marciano helped him regain his confidence by changing his playing style when Poulin arrived in Laval.
Marciano made him understand that he didn't have to move around so much in front of the net to be successful, and that changed things for the goalie.
Poulin took advantage of this and enjoyed a successful end to his professional career.
Kevin Poulin discovered a whole new world when he started working with Marco Marciano in 2018.
An iPad. A hockey fanatic. The concept of “the box.”
This is the Marciano method, a key factor in Jakub Dobes's development in Laval. https://t.co/O9NiNPKC5T
— Nicolas Cloutier (@NCloutierTVA) January 28, 2026
Marco Marciano arrives in Montreal with all eyes on the goaltending situation.
He has big shoes to fill, to put it another way.
But still, it's encouraging in a way because the comments about him are really good. His style is completely different from Éric Raymond's, and maybe that can help put Samuel Montembeault back in his place.
After all, we saw Monty come back from Laval with a certain amount of confidence. And it was with Marciano that he worked during his (short) stint in the American Hockey League…
I'm really looking forward to seeing how this plays out. But just watching him work at practice this morning, it seems like it's been good to see a coach as involved as he is on the ice.
He seems to bring a completely different energy… and I (really) like that.
Right from the start, you can really see a difference in the way Marco Marciano teaches compared to Eric Raymond.
He's very lively, talkative, and expressive.
You can see it in this clip with Samuel Montembeault.@DLCoulisses #GoHabsGo #Montembeault #marcomarciano #NHL pic.twitter.com/iul8N4vJrF
— Patrick Guillet (@PatGuillet) January 28, 2026
Overtime
– Yeah.
Toronto Maple Leafs 82-game pace per season of the Matthews era:
2025/26 | 88pts
2024/25 | 108pts
2023/24 | 102pts
2022/23 | 111pts
2021/22 | 115pts
2020/21 | 113pts
2019/20 | 95pts
2018/19 | 100pts
2017/18 | 105pts
2016/17 | 95ptsThe end of an era? pic.twitter.com/qJAA6rmr9D
— Big Head Hockey (@bigheadhockey) January 28, 2026
– Oh.
Blake Coleman won't return until after the Olympic break, per head coach Ryan Huska.
Coleman has missed the last eight games with an upper body injury. #Flames
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) January 28, 2026
– Attention, everyone.
Enter for a chance to win a Canadiens canvas created by local artist Zek as part of @LotoQuebec's Artist Series.
Enter here ↓ #GoHabsGo
— Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) January 28, 2026
– Good luck!
A change of scenery might do him good. https://t.co/Zgyj7XrhTh
— Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) January 28, 2026
