We keep repeating it, but since Martin St-Louis takes place behind the bench of the Canadian, this formation is unrecognizable. The intensity and the pleasure returned.
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Of course, it’s easier to put a smile on your face when the wins come and go, as it has for four games. But, precisely, aren’t the gains the result of this rediscovered pleasure? If so, what is the trigger for this joie de vivre?
“There are a lot of winners on this team. Guys who have the team at heart. You win a lot of games with guys like that, supported the head coach of the Canadian. We lead 4-0 and we see guys block shots with a minute to play, it’s nice to see. »
In this regard, St-Louis praised the merits of Paul Byron and Josh Anderson, fallen in combat, as well as Laurent Dauphin and Mike Hoffman.
“I find that these guys are capable of playing 200 feet. They are there as much when we recover the puck as when we lose it. When you play against guys like that, it’s tiring, he analyzed, about the last two. Players like that help a team win. I’m very impressed. »
Rewards
It therefore amounts to saying that the players are ready to suffer for their teammates and that they are sold on the ideas that the coach puts in place. You have to hear them talk enthusiastically about St-Louis to understand that they are hanging on his lips.
“When I came to the NHL, I was trying to survive. It was when I changed my way of thinking that things started to get better, said St-Louis. That’s what I want guys to feel like they can live. It makes a big difference. There is a balance to be found between the risks and the rewards. »
Yesterday, the biggest reward was Samuel Montembeault who obtained it by recording the first shutout of his career.
“It’s fun for Sam. He’s getting better day by day and game by game. Tonight, all the pucks were hitting him. In those times, it keeps the team calm and it allows us to play our game in front of him,” explained the 46-year-old pilot.
Hospital visits
After the meeting, the Canadian announced that Byron and Anderson had been taken to the hospital as a precaution, but that they were already back in the enclosure.
In both cases, we are talking about upper body injuries. It is unclear at this time if they will be absent. We should know more after training tomorrow morning.