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.

 

[britdevil]

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.

I remember being happy enough, but extremely sour at the time with Tedenby, he just wasn't what we needed. I did think we got a good winger.

At the time we had Elias, Parise, Gionta at wing. We were giving first pairing minutes to Mike Mottau.

Carlson was and always will be who they should have drafted. It was obvious to anyone with half a brain.