Cooper Cleaves<\/a> had nothing but good things to say about the Montreal Canadiens head coach, and he had plenty to share during a recent interview.<\/p>\nThe defenseman, selected in the third round this summer, took part in the Canadiens’ development camp in Brossard in July.<\/p>\n
Here’s part of what he had to say:<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody’s so fired up. He’s so passionate. His speech delivery is insane.\u201d<\/p>\n
– Cooper Cleaves<\/p>\n
Cleaves’ comments carry some extra weight.<\/p>\n
The young defenseman has a personal connection to the St-Louis family through the Mid-Fairfield program in Connecticut.<\/p>\n
Martin St-Louis extension watch intensifies as Canadiens coach enters final contract year<\/p>\n
Cleaves also played school hockey with Lucas, one of the head coach’s sons, a connection that made the experience even more meaningful for him.<\/p>\n
That kind of praise adds to a long list of positive comments about Martin St-Louis’ leadership since he took over behind the bench in 2022.<\/p>\n
The head coach’s contract situation also remains a storyline as he enters the final year of his current deal with the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n
Could a contract extension for Martin St-Louis finally be announced soon?<\/p>\n
Geoff Molson recently expressed optimism that an extension is coming, and it could even be announced around the team’s annual golf tournament.<\/p>\n
It’s one to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n
Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n
POLL<\/p>\n
2 HOURS AGO|206 ANSWERS<\/p>\n
Forgotten Canadiens prospect opens up about Martin St-Louis: ‘Insane’<\/p>\n
Do you think Martin St-Louis will still be the head coach of the Montreal Canadiens three years from now?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Forgotten Canadiens prospect opens up about Martin St-Louis: \u2018Insane’
…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6170,62606,49115,2497,50,269,42242],"class_list":["post-199721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-contract-extension","tag-cooper-cleaves","tag-development-camp","tag-martin-st-louis","tag-montreal","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-prospect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Montreal](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/682528.webp\" "\\"Montreal")
<\/p>\n