St. Louis Faced A Brutal Montreal Call - And It Stung

Martin St. Louis is at the center of a Montreal decision that clearly did not come easy, and the word around the room is that it hit him hard. When a coach or front office starts wrestling with a move like this, it usually means there is more going on than the box score shows. In Montreal, every choice gets magnified, and this one carries the kind of pressure that can define how the room responds for the rest of the run.