Lapierre and Fichaud provide us with their opinion on Martin St-Louis' next contract

"Claude Julien and Dominique Ducharme had a system and it didn't work. I want to say that the players are the problem. Let's stop saying it's the coach, we don't have good players! We've got Suzuki and Caufield, Price when he's in front of the net, a defender or two every once in a while and Josh Anderson who shows up every third time... We don't have any players, let's stop thinking about the system of play!"

"We've had three coaches in three and a half years and it's the same results, so the players are the problem" - Maxim Lapierre

"Personally, I would offer him a five-year contract

"Personally, I would give him a three-year contract," replied Eric Fichaud.

I don't understand the principle of giving him three years because he's the one who's going to build the team for the future," Lapierre said. St-Louis will help Caufield and Suzuki grow. He's going to push the young guys to get better. I don't see why he wouldn't be there when the Habs become a winning team.