Montreal Canadiens will be without their head coach Claude Julien for the rest of their series with the Philadelphia Flyers.Julien had an operation to stent a coronary artery on Thursday.
He complained of chest pains in the hours after Game 1. Kirk Muller has taken over as head coach during the series. He has experience in the role for three years in Carolina with the Hurricanes.It is a serious backdrop for the Canadiens, as if playing in an empty stadium as a reminder of COVID-19 wasn’t enough.
Twenty-twenty just won’t quit.Game 1, the Canadiens competed very well with the Flyers, who are the top seed in the east. They were even in shots and chances but Montreal fell by the slimmest of margins.