{"id":438842,"date":"2024-03-16T18:21:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T22:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=438842"},"modified":"2024-04-01T15:34:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:34:26","slug":"head-coach-martin-st-louis-on-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/03\/16\/head-coach-martin-st-louis-on-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Head Coach Martin St. Louis On Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Martin St. Louis the Head Coach of the iconic Montreal Canadiens has stepped away from the club on leave for family reasons. This news is unexpected to the hockey community and we wish Marty all the best. Hopefully, he will not be away from the club for very long. Also, the announcement today addressed the role as Assistant Coach\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/letowtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Trevor Letowski<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will fill in. Let&#8217;s take a look at the impact on Montreal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/habs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#habs<\/a> announce that Martin St. Louis will be away from the team for family reasons. Assistant coach Trevor Letowski will take over during his absence.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris\/status\/1769118393729155169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stlouma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Martin St. Louis<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0On Leave with Club<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the time of the news, St. Louis was guiding his team to an overall record of 25-30-11. Furthermore, Montreal is 27th in goals for, and 28th in goals against. As strong as they can look during streaks, they are still entrenched in a rebuild. One thing is for certain, the Hall-of-Fame Right Winger has developed the Canadiens forward group as offensive stars. In addition, for St. Louis, he is in his third season behind the bench in La Belle Province. His combined winning percentage is .435.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Does He Mean to the Canadiens<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Having Martin St. Louis behind the bench in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/03\/02\/trade-targets-for-montreal-canadiens-part-two\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal has been advantageous<\/a>. Having a career 1033-point man solving the power play has had the desired effect of quickly developing the offensive skill set of their forward group. Furthermore, just check out the current roster to understand this impact.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/suzukni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nick Suzuki<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a062 points,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/caufico01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cole Caufield<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a052 points,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/newhoal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Alex Newhook<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a022 points (in only 39 games). Moreover, another example is\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/monahse01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sean Monahan&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a035 points, before his trade to the Winnipeg Jets. As you can see, he clearly gets the most offensively out of players. The difficult situation in Montreal is the state of the rebuild. Ultimately, they wanted to be competitive by around now. It is tough to know whether or not Montreal will make the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2024-25. Fans would tell you they need a goaltender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin St. Louis the Head Coach of the iconic Montreal Canadiens has stepped away from the club on leave for family reasons. This news is unexpected to the hockey community and we wish Marty all the best. Hopefully, he will not be away from the club for very long. 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