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Bergevin says troubling pattern in net led to firing of goaltending coach

Montreal general manager Marc Bergevin said he needed to be "100 per cent sure" he was ready to make the decision to fire longtime goaltending coach Stephane Waite. It turns out the reached that point during the second period of the Canadiens' 3-1 win over visiting Ottawa on Thursday night. The Canadiens announced shortly after the game that Waite, who had been with the club since 2013 and helped Carey Price reach elite goaltender status, would be replaced by Montreal scout and former NHL goalie Sean Burke. Bergevin, who said the move was made while the game was in progress, said the decision to fire Waite was the result of a years-long pattern in his goaltenders' play that he found troubling. "There was not one incident that happened," Bergevin said Wednesday in a video conference. "I thought about it thoroughly and 98 per cent is not good enough for me. I had to be 100 per cent sure it was the right decision for me and I came to that decision yester

Canadiens Bergevin fired goalie coach midgame Tuesday

Minas Panagiotakis / Getty Images Sport / Getty Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin revamped his coaching staff last week, firing head coach Claude Julien and associate Kirk Muller while promoting assistant Dominique Ducharme to interim bench boss. Goalie coach Stephane Waite initially appeared to be safe, but Bergevin wasn t done tinkering. Waite was informed during the second intermission of Tuesday s game against the Ottawa Senators that he was being let go, Bergevin said Wednesday, according to The Athletic s Arpon Basu. This decision was not based only on this season, Bergevin said. I had seen a bit of a pattern. Starting netminder Carey Price has struggled this season. Even after stopping 26 of 27 shots Tuesday night, his .893 save percentage and 2.96 goals-against average are both worse than the league average. Price s $10.5-million cap hit makes him the NHL s highest-paid goalie, and there s still an additional five years left on his contract.

Canadiens GM says troubling pattern in net led to firing of goaltending coach

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