St. Louis’ Style Fits Montreal’s Young Core

Martin St. Louis is still coaching like a man who trusts skill, speed, and a short leash over old-school dogma, and that matters when your roster is built around young legs. The Canadiens have leaned into that approach, and it gives this team a very different feel from the usual grind-it-out Montreal script. There is real logic behind the fit, because a young group needs structure without getting strangled by it. St.