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Montreal Canadiens Hire Stephane Robidas

July 28, 2022 at 8:18 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 3 Comments

The Montreal Canadiens have added another coach without much experience, hiring Stephane Robidas as an assistant for Martin St. Louis’ staff. General manager Kent Hughes explained the move:

We are very lucky to have someone of Stephane’s caliber join our coaching staff. His recent experience as an NHL player, and his outstanding hockey background, will be excellent assets for the development of our players. Stephane perfectly matches the profile we were looking for in a candidate. In addition to being an exceptional individual, he is a very good communicator, and I believe that players will relate to him because of that.

Notably, though he has no experience as an NHL coach, he did serve as director of player development for several years with the Toronto Maple Leafs. That experience with young players is going to come in handy with the rebuilding Canadiens, along with his familiarity with the organization. Robidas was a seventh-round pick of Montreal back in 1995 and made his NHL debut with the club before moving on to several other teams.

It’s something of a trend now for the Canadiens to hire a coach out of minor hockey, as Robidas spent last season behind the bench of the Magog Cantonniers, the same QMAAA team that he and his son Justin Robidas played for. Justin was a 2021 draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes and spent last season captaining the Val-d’Or Foreurs.

While his son is just trying to start on his hockey journey, Stephane can look back at an NHL career that lasted more than 900 games. The right-shot defenseman was even invited to an All-Star Game and participated in the World Championship for Canada on three different occasions.

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  1. User 318310488

    3 years ago

    “Stephane perfectly matches the profile we are looking for in a candidate” TRANSLATION. We want french canadians with zero experience.

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    • Wilf is no longer Kesler

      3 years ago

      Wilf, you have barely reached low level competency in babbling English. Please don’t attempt translation – it is far beyond your pay grade.

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    • Artem99

      3 years ago

      A low level attempt at a low level insult. Great success! @doghockey

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