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

[Coffee]

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

I don’t get it

Still got time to make it to church.

Respect

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Nice timing for the Blues. Pounced as soon as the right guy became available.

 

[PaulD]

It will be good laughs watching the team that does same when Sullivan inevitably and finally gets axed in Pitt. He is a posercwho will do squat to enhance any team with his goofy speeches.

 

[Crossfire Hurricane]

Not a fan of this move, as a Blues hater.

 

[Chainshot]

Rolling coaches gather no moss.

 

[robertmac43]

He was out of the game for a week and gets a 5-year deal? Well done lol

 

[BertCorbeau]

Good for St Louis.. they saw a window of opportunity and they took it

 

[DVision44]

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

37 games... he's on the list

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Nice timing for the Blues. Pounced as soon as the right guy became available.

Something about the quick and the dead, and an indication that the Blues have a quality organization.

 

[frederixx]

MSL survives. Damn

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+

 

[A1LeafNation]

Binner and Hofer the next Ullmark/Swayman tandem

 

[PaulD]

Sullivan takes a deep breath.

Ha! Sid, Malkin, Dubass, Letang, Karlsson every trainer, concession worker and janitor will be gone before Sullivan goes.

 

[PaulD]

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+

Get a coach when they get a decent line up ? Ha !
They should still be showing improvement. Disorganized and sometimes a mess in their own end.
They have branded them selves a rebuild organization. Even the former peewee coach is learning on the job. "Baby steps"
Come on !

 

[Laus723]

Good for Monty, he’s a great coach imo. This annoyed me, but whatever. He brought a lot out of that Bruins squad.

 

[trellaine201]

LOL that was quick.

 

[NinjaTurtle]

Feel a little bad for Bannister basically being a placeholder, but as an outsider you have to appreciate a team or management group identifying their guy and not wasting any time. Why give these other squandering teams the chance to fire their coach and scoop up Montgomery?

 

[jani]

Not surprised by the timing, but decently surprised by the team.

 

[pld459666]

It was either make a change now or prepare for an ugly final 3/4 of the season and likely miss out on the chance to hire Monty.

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

 

[Stealth JD]

Dammit. Was hoping Armstrong would reach out to Montgomery and tell him to take the rest of the season off to recharge and he'd be the Blues coach next year; leaving Bannister to complete the tank that he started.

Blues really need a top-5 pick to boost the rebuild. If Monty comes in and gets them back in the wild card chase, picking 16th it's going to take a long time to get back to respectability. Bannister was done dirty by Army. Crazy the Blues are going to pay three coaches this year to finish outside of the playoffs. Dumb, dumb, dumb. But at least they got their guy, i guess.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Crazy statement to fire the guy you just made head coach full time not even 30 games in, but i kinda respect it. Armstrong isn't going to let his ego get in the way of what he thinks is the right decision.

 

[EpochLink]

Not surprised to see the Blues pounce and grab Monty. Who's next in the sack race?

Travis Green

 

[Chainshot]

Not surprised to see the Blues pounce and grab Monty. Who's next in the sack race?

Lalonde?

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Good for Montgomery. Was a bs firing.

Probably smart move for the Blues

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.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Lalonde?

Lalonde, Roy, Brunette, Cronin, Sullivan realistically should be on this list regardless of how much the Penguins refuse.

 

[Mike Liut]

Dammit. Was hoping Armstrong would reach out to Montgomery and tell him to take the rest of the season off to recharge and he'd be the Blues coach next year; leaving Bannister to complete the tank that he started.

Blues really need a top-5 pick to boost the rebuild. If Monty comes in and gets them back in the wild card chase, picking 16th it's going to take a long time to get back to respectability. Bannister was done dirty by Army. Crazy the Blues are going to pay three coaches this year to finish outside of the playoffs. Dumb, dumb, dumb. But at least they got their guy, i guess.

Same thought here