Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season

[TheBeerNerd]

Lou and Conte f***ed us in 2008. At least we got Henrique.

I remember last time we played the Caps, Spaulding seemed confused as to why we didn’t get him in that draft in spite of him being available and a Devils fan.

 

[jkrdevil]

Blues fire Bannister and hire Montgomery

 

[Saugus]

Blues fire Bannister and hire Montgomery

That was fast. I expected it was going to be the Predators who did this, but the Blues moved faster.

Montgomery got a five year deal, but of course most coaches don’t make it that long.

 

[Hisch13r]

Seems my little faith in Yzerman was too much faith. I thought he’d be all over this. I don’t even know if Lalonde’s “that” bad because I think Yzerman’s built a dog shit group but still figure Montgomery’s an upgrade

 

[jkrdevil]

Montgomery was with the Blues before being hired in Boston. He has a relationship with Armstrong and the Blues front office. My guess if the Blues were willing to turf their first year coach for him, those other teams didn’t have a chance to move in quicker.

 

[Bleedred]

I had a feeling Montgomery would be hired really quickly. I kept comparing it to that time the Capitals fired Boudreau and the Ducks fired Carlyle and hired him two days later.

I just had the wrong team. Figured it would be Detroit, even though I didn’t know if he had any previous ties to anyone there or not.

I never did think the Blues, only because they have a coach that’s been there only a year and I’m amazed at how many strings they try to pull to still compete. I think it’s time to give it up over there. You’re maybe competing for a playoff berth at best.