Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Coutu ya zama mai sana'a tare da Canadiens a 1916-17, kakar wasan karshe na NHA. Ya zauna tare da Canadiens lokacin da aka kafa sabuwar NHL don 1917/18. A lokacin wasannin Stanley Cup a shekarar 1919, Coutu da wasu abokan wasa hudu sun kamu da mura kuma an kwantar da su a asibiti. Gasar Stanley Cup ta 1919
aka soke.