The coach of the Montreal Canadiens, Martin St-Louis, has not been short of strong images recently to illustrate his remarks during his discussions with journalists.
Thus, after the now famous metaphor of vomit following the team’s frustrating defeat against the Washington Capitals on Thursday, the Quebec coach once again allowed himself a colorful speech on Saturday during his morning press briefing. in preparation for the evening clash against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Asked to talk about his discussions with his forwards Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky, who could improve their game despite their good statistics, St-Louis called on the “bikini metaphor”.
“I listened to the Netflix special on the 2004 Red Sox, excellent documentary,” he first noted about the recent film on the exploits of the Boston baseball team during the 2004 playoffs. .
Somewhere during the documentary, former Red Sox manager Grady Little talks about statistics.
“He compares it to the girl, at the beach, with a little bikini,” St-Louis explained. It shows you something, but it doesn’t show you everything!”
“That’s the statistics, the “boys”, they don’t show everything!”, he then added, with difficulty suppressing a smirk.
In short, the most productive elements of the Habs’ attack could hear this explanation soon in their conversations with their coach. It will likely be an image that will capture their attention!
