Canadiens fire head coach Claude Julien, assistant Kirk Muller

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Canadiens fire head coach Claude Julien, assistant Kirk Muller

The Montreal Canadiens announced Wednesday that head coach Claude Julien and assistant coach Kirk Muller have been relieved of their duties.

Dominique Ducharme has been appointed interim head coach and Alex Burrows joins the coaching staff.

 

[Cardboardkid]

Well my hopes are that Dom Ducharme can do something, I don’t like Montreal... at all.. but absolutely a great guy and fan favourite with the Halifax Mooseheads... coaching Drouin and Mackinnon.. winning a memorial cup... next is that the Beantown Bombers don’t sign him... again... cheers! Paul!!

 

[odjickfan]

I have a feeling that Carey Price might be going to Seattle at the end of the season.

 

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Canadiens' Bergevin fired goalie coach midgame Tuesday

Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin revamped his coaching staff last week, firing head coach Claude Julien and associate Kirk Muller while promoting assistant Dominique Ducharme to interim bench boss. Goalie coach Stephane Waite initially appeared to be safe, but Bergevin wasn't done tinkering.

Waite was informed during the second intermission of Tuesday's game against the Ottawa Senators that he was being let go, Bergevin said Wednesday, according to The Athletic's Arpon Basu.

"This decision was not based only on this season," Bergevin said. "I had seen a bit of a pattern."

Starting netminder Carey Price has struggled this season. Even after stopping 26 of 27 shots Tuesday night, his .893 save percentage and 2.96 goals-against average are both worse than the league average. Price's $10.5-million cap hit makes him the NHL's highest-paid goalie, and there's still an additional five years left on his contract.