Larry Carrière has ended his association with the Montreal Canadiens after 10 years, which saw him take on many different roles in the hockey operations department.
Carrière was initially hired by general manager Pierre Gauthier in July, 2010 to replace Julien BriseBois as assistant general manager and director of player personnel. Although Carrière had the experience to replace the “eye for hockey” duties that BriseBois possessed, the deeper understanding of the salary cap and other clerical duties that BriseBois performed were split off and taken on Patrick Boivin, son of team president Pierre Boivin. Gauthier said at the time that Carrière “brings with him a tremendous amount of experience.