It was just confirmed by Pierre LeBrun for Martin St-Louis and his future with the Canadiens organization
Martin St-Louis looks set to stay in Montreal, and the Canadiens may be ready to make that official soon.
That's the real takeaway from the latest report tied to Pierre LeBrun, with momentum building around a contract extension for the Canadiens' head coach.
For Montreal, this isn't just paperwork.
It's confirmation that the organization believes the rebuild has turned a corner and wants the same voice behind the bench for what comes next.
The timing matters.
Martin St-Louis is heading into the final year of his contract in 2026-2027, which puts this file near the top of the summer board.
And after the way this season unfolded, there's a strong hockey case for getting it done now instead of letting the story drag into training camp.
Montreal pushed all the way to the Eastern Conference Final after knocking out Tampa Bay in Round 1 and Buffalo in Round 2.
That changed the temperature around the bench in a big way.
Montreal looks ready to lock in St-Louis
LeBrun's line is the one that stands out most: «Expect the Canadiens to announce a contract extension for Martin St-Louis soon.»
That's not idle noise. It lands after St-Louis finished 5th in Jack Adams voting and picked up 4 first-place votes, another sign that his work is getting league-wide respect.
Kent Hughes said earlier this week that talks had not officially started yet. Even so, that doesn't read like hesitation as much as sequencing at the end of a long playoff run.
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Inside the market, the bigger point is this: a new deal would remove any doubt about who is steering the room through the next stage.
Montreal isn't looking for a reset behind the bench.
St-Louis arrived in February 2022, took over during a hard stretch, and stayed steady while the roster grew up around him.
That kind of bench equity matters once a team starts winning in the spring.
It also fits the front-office picture.
Hughes and St-Louis have looked aligned for a while, and that alignment is a big reason the Canadiens now feel like a team pushing forward instead of spinning its wheels.
So yes, the future in Montreal looks confirmed. Until the club makes it official, nothing is signed. But all signs point to Martin St-Louis staying right where he is.
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 2, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | - | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 1 | 1 | |
| K'Andre Miller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Colton Sissons | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Smith | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | - | - | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||