[Report] Canadiens name Claude Julien Head Coach, and relieve Michel Therrien of duties

[b3.]

Whoa....

 

 

 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Wise move by the Canadiens. Found the right opportunity and got the best coach on the market.

[Tre Mac]

 

Frank Seravalli
(@frank_seravalli)

#Habs have fired coach Michel Therrien. Claude Julien takes over as head coach. Bye week ends on Friday.

4 mins ago · Twitter

 

Chris Johnston
(@reporterchris)

Claude Julien replaced Michel Therrien as #habs coach.

5 mins ago · Twitter

 

Marc Dumont
(@MarcPDumont)

BREAKING #Habs News: Michel Therrien fired as head coach of Habs, Claude Julien hired to replace him. www.habseyesontheprize.… via @HabsEOTP

2 mins ago · Twitter

 

 

 

Maybe hired someone other than a French Canadian and you won't have to recycle head coaches.

 

[Coconuts]

Now that's one way to shake things up, damn. Never saw that coming.

 

From one side of a rivalry too another too, this is gonna be interesting to follow.

 

I didn't expect him to be unemployed long but damn.

[KelownaCanucksFan]

Yet here we are stuck with twitchy who refuses to put his leading scorer out with the goalie pulled. The future is so bright for this team 

[PhillipBlunt]

you.....bas......

[Warhippy]

Oh Emm Gee

 

Please play Boston in the first round and go out in 5 or less Montreal!!!

 

That being said, I think more than a few people saw something like this happening.  Especially with the state of the team right now floundering so hard the last 7 weeks.  Now, if one could figure out the ins and outs of the Galchenyuk being available rumours we'd have a field day

[Xbox]

> Waits until mid season so Ottawa doesn't sign him

> Signs with Montreal which is 10x more painful

> lol bruins

 

I hate Montreal but I bet some money on them winning the cup this year. I really thought they had the top team in the East with the pieces they added.

 

 

[oldnews]

Julien a Hab?

 

That's just too strange for the mind's eye to wrap around.

[Mathew Barzal]

Solid move Bergevin.

[PhillipBlunt]

Nice thread. Grrrrrr

[brownky]

Action.

 

This is what action looks like; there's an opportunity to do something, to improve and it's taken. Regardless of the optics, regardless of anything. Make the team better when an opportunity presents.

 

Hopefully this trade deadline we see some of this 'action' stuff.

[Beary Sweet]

This was expected especially after they got owned vs the Yotes out of all teams... They're going all in this year. I can see a Habs vs Sharks Cup finals

[Pears]

Montreal ain't playing no games. 

[Drive-By Body Pierce]

No #&$%ing around here...

[Xbox]

1 minute ago, Pears said:

Montreal ain't playing no games. 

An ECF of Montreal vs Washington could be fun

[Drive-By Body Pierce]

Almost wonder if negotiations took place in advance of the firing... circumvention! ...Hah, even if it was, no chance BOS or MTL see any repercussion. 

[hatedkid666]

Saw this coming as soon as Julien got fired.

 

Habs fans been asking for Therrien's head for years as they are constantly being carried by Price. 

 

Julien speaks french which is an absolute requirement for the head coaching position in Montreal.

 

Great move.

[TimberWolf]

 

 

From the redundant thread...

[captainhorvat]

Gotta jump on those french canadian coaches.