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Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin says Carey Price had no input in his decision to fire goalie coach Stéphane Waite and that he didn’t ask the goalie for his opinion.
“The day that I work like that, I’m not the right guy for the job,” Bergevin said during a video conference Wednesday to explain his decision to fire Waite after the second period of Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, in which Price made 26 saves for his first win in his last four games.
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The matchup: The Canadiens kicked off a three-game homestand Tuesday when they snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, while the Jets are coming off a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. This is the third meeting between these teams and the Jets won the first two in Winnipeg. The Jets were 6-3 winners last Thursday to spoil Dominique Ducharme’s debut as the interim head coach. It was a little tighter two nights later, when Montreal took Winnipeg to overtime before losing 2-1 on a goal by Paul Stastny. Winnipeg leads fourth-place Montreal by four points in the North Division standings, but Montreal has a game in hand.
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It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win.
A very big win for the Canadiens and the first NHL victory for new head coach Dominique Ducharme in his third game since taking over from Claude Julien.
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This 3-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night at the Bell Centre ended a five-game losing streak for the Canadiens (0-2-3) and improved their overall record to 10-6-5 as they remain in fourth place in the all-Canadian North Division.
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The Canadiens’ first 10 games this season now look like they were nothing more than a mirage.
The Canadiens got off to a 7-1-2 start, but after Saturday night’s 2-1 overtime loss to the Jets in Winnipeg they now have a 9-6-5 record after 20 games and are in fourth place in the North Division, one point ahead of the Calgary Flames (10-10-2). The top four teams will make the playoffs.
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One of the sad realities in professional sports is that when a coach is hired, it is too often the first step on a path that leads to him being fired.
Claude Julien knows this better than most coaches.
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When Julien was relieved of his duties as head coach of the Canadiens on Wednesday, it was the fourth time an NHL team dumped him before a season was completed. And it was the fourth time he exited with a record above .500.