Report: Habs have decided the fate of interim coach Martin St. Louis

It was the season from hell for the Montreal Canadiens, who are not even one year removed from their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance since 1993. 

Already massively put behind the 8-ball before the 2021-22 NHL Season even began thanks to the departures of both former MVP goaltender Carey Price and Norris Trophy winning defenseman Shea Weber, the Habs stumbled to an 8-30-7 record prior to the dismissal of head coach Dominique Ducharme earlier this week. He departs after completing not even one full year of the 3-year pact he signed following the surprise run to the Finals last year. 

In Ducharme's absence, the Habs promoted former Stanley Cup champion forward Martin St. Louis to take his place on an interim basis. The move came as a bit of a puzzling personnel change to some, as St. Louis has no professional coaching experience under his belt. 

Of course, St. Louis knows all about having fun, as he helped the Tampa Bay Lightning to the 2004 Stanley Cup championship, as well as coming within three wins of a second Cup victory with the New York Rangers a decade later. And under the Hall of Famer, the Habs amassed a record of 14-19-4.

And it sounds like they're willing to have him stick around.