Excerpt from TSN:

Carbonneau was in the final year of a three year contract. In his two seasons behind the Canadiens’ bench, the club has an 89-59-16 record.

”We’ve had a deal in place for quite some time,” Carbonneau said. ”I’m very happy. I have the chance to stay with a good group of players and to be part of an excellent organization.”

In his two seasons behind the Canadiens’ bench, the club has an 89-59-16 record. The former Habs captain led the club to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference last season.

”If you’d told me 10 years ago that I’d become head coach, I would have told you you were crazy,” Carbonneau said.

”I admitted to having issues with Michel Therrien. When Bob called a few years later, the timing was perfect. On top of which, I knew the city and the organization. The transition in the end was much easier than I would have thought.

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