Report: Canadiens captain responds after his head coach is fired on Tuesday.

Pacioretty calls out his team.

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Report: Canadiens captain responds after his head coach is fired on Tuesday.

The Montreal Canadiens made a shocking move on Tuesday and unsurprisingly the media has been looking for reactions from the players.

One of the first to speak has been captain Max Pacioretty, and in a recent interview during TSN's That's Hockey Pacioretty was extremely forthcoming about his feelings surrounding the decision.

"You feel guilt. We know we have a great team and we know that Michel is a great coach, so we feel like if we had performed better as of late, then he'd still be here," said Pacioretty as per The Score.' "So you definitely feel guilt, especially as a player but even more so as the captain."

Pacioretty however knows that with Julien now behind the helm the blame will fall squarely on the shoulders of the players should they fail to perform and he appeared to challenge his team to step up their game.

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"It's time for everyone to look in the mirror and say, 'you know, I've got to do more, I've got to play better.' Whether it's confidence or trying to be the difference maker every night, we've got to find it.

"There's not a lot of room for error now, with giving up as many points as we did as of late, so whatever it's going to take, we need everyone to bear down and help us pull together some wins."

One thing is certain, everyone is waiting to see how the Habs respond when they play on Friday.

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