Blues fire HC Drew Bannister; hire Jim Montgomery as new HC

[Mike C]

St Louis having the 5th longest tenure and shortest tenured coach is quite the trick




For comparison John MacLean's disastrous tenure with the Devils was 33 games

And yet he's been running the Islanders shitty power play for 3 seasons now so there's always hope for these failures

 

[Mike Liut]

It was more than well deserved to any Bruins fan that actually follows the team.

Montgomery (and entire coaching staff) were a problem as much as Sweeney who built the roster with a different vision in mind than Montgomery could game plan for.

Good for Jim to get 5 years of security, not so good for St. Louis. Great person, average at best coach overall.

Average coach? He can’t help your roster and prospect pool sucks

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

When it goes 5 days from someone getting fired to getting hired in the NHL, someone messed up. And it was on most occasions not the hiring team.

What are other examples, in season?

Average coach? He can’t help your roster and prospect pool sucks

He cannot game plan around the roster which while lacking offense is more than capable defensively.

Had he an ounce of defensive structure the PK and goals against would be far better. No one expected those issues. Enjoy your new coach, he is indeed average.

 

[RiverbottomChuck]

Fwiw Monty is a good to great NHL coach but he even said in the "perfect season" Bergy was coaching the team he was just showing up and setting schedules.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Shocking news...right where Monty's wife wanted to be. Every married man knows how that goes

Haha. The Blues definitely seized on the Montgomery's still owning a home there, his wife being from there, and his love of the city.

I've mentioned before the Blues have been tough to figure out this season. Given Montgomery's reputation for helping young players develop, St. Louis is a good fit for him. Multiple teams would have been lucky to have him, but his wife isn't from those places and St. Louis didn't eff around.

 

[Reality Czech]

Not sure you would have missed your chance in june/July on Monty

Guess it depends how badly he wanted to get back behind a bench. I thought he might take a few months off to recharge but apparently not.

 

[The don godfather]

Monty had 3 games to 1 lead twice bumbled once with historic point season team and almost coughed it up another 3 to 1 lead against leafs. I'm not sure why is so hyped to be so amazing?

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Monty had 3 games to 1 lead twice bumbled once with historic point season team and almost coughed it up another 3 to 1 lead against leafs. I'm not sure why is so hyped to be so amazing?

In all fairness the Bruins over the last half century have a solid tradition of playoff choking when not playing the Leafs.

 

[Guttersniped]

He beat Cassidy by 3 days, impressive.

 

[FlameChampion]

It was more than well deserved to any Bruins fan that actually follows the team.

Montgomery (and entire coaching staff) were a problem as much as Sweeney who built the roster with a different vision in mind than Montgomery could game plan for.

Good for Jim to get 5 years of security, not so good for St. Louis. Great person, average at best coach overall.

Awesome. Happy for you guys then. Onwards and upwards.

 

[Theodore450]

Habs are a bottom 10 team, with or without the best possible NHL coach. Replace MSL when they get a decent lineup and he still loses. That's not happening before another 2 years+

Wouldn’t be the worse thing to get a good systems coaches here to start implementing the style they need when they aim to be good

 

[The don godfather]

In all fairness the Bruins over the last half century have a solid tradition of playoff choking when not playing the Leafs.

Very true I'm a bruins fan so I know that best. Still I think Monty is a bit overrated. I guess time will tell.

 

[Elysian]

Monty is a world class coach, I wish Dallas never fired him. I now hate that he's with St Louis

 

[Bard Marchand]

Jim Momtgomery off the floor, on the board.

 

[Breakers]

The year is 2037

Crosby is 51 years old and still maintaining his play

And a now grizzled greying Dubas refuses to fire Sullivan after their 15th consecutive losing season

 

[Snubbed4Vezina]

Shocking news...right where Monty's wife wanted to be. Every married man knows how that goes

Yeah. Now we live in two different places.

 

[Look Up]

MSL survives. Damn

He's changing his name to Monty St Louis to get a five year extension, lol

 

[pld459666]

Guess it depends how badly he wanted to get back behind a bench. I thought he might take a few months off to recharge but apparently not.

In not convinced he's a very good HC.

Think he'd very much be available in June/July

 

[Bleedred]

I had a feeling Montogmery was getting hired by somebody else before this season was over. Probably within a week of being fired.

I just had the wrong team. I thought he'd go to Detroit, as Lalonde is maybe the hottest seat in the league. I thought his seat was probably even hotter than Montgomery's in Boston.

He has the prior ties to St. Louis as an assistant coach before Boston hired him, but I didn't think Bannister was on the hot seat, because he hasn't even been head coach for a year and while the team has been poor, they haven't been abhorrent.

Bannister is one of several coaches I keep thinking is Pierre McGuire. Ryan Huska of the Flames is the other.

 

[benfranklin]

lol Bruins

 

[TheOrganist]

In not convinced he's a very good HC.

Think he'd very much be available in June/July

Based on his trajectory from the USHL to NCAA to NHL he’s built an impressive coaching resume over a decade+ and it’s safe to say you’re in the minority.