Today in Montreal, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey announced that Jacques Martin will be the Canadiens new head coach.Montreal will be Martin's fourth NHL team that he will coach after working for the St. Louis Blues,Ottawa Senators and being GM and head coach of the Florida Panthers."This is a tremendous opportunity to join this organization," Martin told a news conference in Montreal. "When you look at the players who are in the organization, there is a strong nucleus, a strong base, to build a winning team and I'm really looking forward with excitement to leading this team next year."
"I really believe this organization is rich in people and that is a very important ingredient," said Martin. "We had the opportunity to discuss at length, to talk about philosophy, talk about operations, talk about players, talk about the league. I was really excited by those conversations with Bob. It's good chemistry." With Gainey's hiring of Jacque Martin, this will be the first time since the 1992-93 that the Canadiens have hired a coach with NHL experience."It was a priority for me to find a head coach that had a lot of experience in all situations," explained Gainey. "Jacques has proven himself in all capacities as a coach and he understands this environment. I like his professionalism. He's a coach at heart, a teacher who is here work as team and bring people together."
"I think he has a really good reputation from what I hear," Canadiens forward Georges Laraque told TSN on Monday. "He did really well in Ottawa and as GM in Florida and the people will be happy here (in Montreal) because he's bilingual."Bob Gainey also announced that goaltending coach Roland Melanson would not be returning next season.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
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