Coaching the Montreal Canadiens is never an easy job. It’s an even harder job once you get to the post-season. Add in the fact that you’re an interim head coach, that your team has a worse record than under your predecessor, and there’s a week break before the first game against an historic rival...
You get the point.
Canadiens interim head coach Dominique Ducharme raised eyebrows when he announced that Alexander Romanov, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, and Cole Caufield would not dress for the first game of their series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The decision puts players like Jon Merrill, Brett Kulak, Corey Perry, and Eric Staal firmly in the spotlight.