For many Montreal Canadiens fans, this firing was a long-time coming. When Geoff Molson spoke about change at the final press conference, the AHL coaching staff was one of the first areas of business that needed it. The Laval Rocket general manager Larry Carriere gave off the impression at his team’s media day that Sylvain Lefebvre may be safe given his comments, but we now know that change has come.
Lefebvre capped off his sixth season as the Montreal Canadiens AHL head coach with a 30th place finish (24-42-7-3).