St-Louis has now the 6th longest coaching tenure after today's firing

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Elias Edmonson
May 9, 2024 (11:53)

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Photo of Martin St Louis and Sheldon Keefe

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With the dismissal of head coach Sheldon Keefe by the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced earlier today, Martin St-Louis has indeed already climbed to the 6th position of NHL head coaches with the most seniority with their team, which is incredible.

«It continues, 18 changes in 12 months

More seniority with their team
1- Cooper, TB
2- Sullivan, PIT
3- Bednar, COL
4- Brind'amour, CAR
5- Tourigny, UTAH
6- St-Louis, MTL»

- Guillaume Villemaire

«Only five NHL head coaches have more seniority than Martin St-Louis, who has been in office for just over two years. Incredible.»

- Arpon Basu, The Athletic

«Longest-serving NHL head coaches (with hiring date):

Jon Cooper - March 25, 2013
Mike Sullivan - December 12, 2015
Jared Bednar - August 25, 2016
Rod Brind'Amour - May 8, 2018
André Tourigny - July 1, 2021
Martin St-Louis - February 9, 2022
Bruce Cassidy - June 14, 2022
John Tortorella - June 17, 2022
Peter DeBoer - June 21, 2022
Paul Maurice - June 22, 2022

Sheldon Keefe was hired by Toronto on November 20, 2019.»

- Via CapFriendly

He is ready to remain head coach of the Canadiens «as long as they want him» which is obviously great news because we love him!

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