Bruins fire Jim Montgomery, name Joe Sacco interim head coach

[Michel Beauchamp]

Sacco might surprise.

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[Angry Little Elf]

Burnaby Joe Sacco

 

[Pierre Larouche]

It doesn't seem like the players ever really checked in for the season.


Monty played hardball with Swayman to the detriment of the whole team and start of the season. So smart. Thank goodness for Sweeney and Co. to save the day and season.

This was obvious sarcasm.

 

[SPV]

Everyone except the Bruins ownership seems to know the coach isn’t the problem. What are the odds Montgomery gets a job and goes further than the Bruins next season?

 

[Channelcat]

honestly, I look at boston's core and it sounds good on paper but most of the players are aged. even pastrnak isn't young anymore.

I think that Montgomery fell in to the old trap. He massively overperformed with a mediocre roster several years in a row. Then when his team plays at an expected level, he gets fired. They think his coaching is the issue, but it more than likely is not. He had a couple of INSANELY good seasons on the Bruins rosters that he had.

Sweeney is the one that should be fired. The players are the problem.


And btw, if I was a GM of a struggling team, I'd seriously consider jumping the line and firing my current coach for Montgomery, because I hold him in quite high regard.

Sweeney misread the Ullmark/Swayman situation. Should have at least had a verbal understanding with the Swayman camp, which he didn't. And that's only 1 of many examples of gross incompetence.

 

[BostonBruins11]

to the uninformed.... the Bruins have one of the youngest teams in the league. The rebuild has begun, they're literally in a mid-rebuild atm.

They're going through a difficult period, but they'll be fine.

 

[ijuka]

Sweeney misread the Ullmark/Swayman situation. Should have at least had a verbal understanding with the Swayman camp, which he didn't. And that's only 1 of many examples of gross incompetence.

Ullmark has been playing like trash, too. Was he misreading it? I think that keeping Swayman was obvious. But it's true that Swayman was still unproven enough that giving him such a contract was a risk.

It's also genuinely possible that both Ullmark and Swayman are system goalies that benefited from playing behind the Bruins during that time. Although, I think that Swayman is genuinely underperforming, and can do better.

to the uninformed.... the Bruins have one of the youngest teams in the league. The rebuild has begun, they're literally in a mid-rebuild atm.

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They're going through a difficult period, but they'll be fine.

While this is a fair point, it would be more fruitful to look at the average age of the core players / difference makers. The average age of random 10min/game 0-0 4th liners isn't that important. Many contending teams instead fill those spots with cheap veterans, for good reason.

Lindholm is 30, Pastrnak 28, Marchand pushing 40, Lindholm 30, even McAvoy is already 27.

They do have some youth such as Koepke, Kastelic, Lohrei, Beecher, Poitras, Geekie and all. But are any of these truly first-rate? Any future franchise players? Of course, Poitras is good and anything can happen, although I do wonder whether it's best for his development to play in NHL right now.

 

[PaulD]

honestly, I look at boston's core and it sounds good on paper but most of the players are aged. even pastrnak isn't young anymore.

I think that Montgomery fell in to the old trap. He massively overperformed with a mediocre roster several years in a row. Then when his team plays at an expected level, he gets fired. They think his coaching is the issue, but it more than likely is not. He had a couple of INSANELY good seasons on the Bruins rosters that he had.

Sweeney is the one that should be fired. The players are the problem.


And btw, if I was a GM of a struggling team, I'd seriously consider jumping the line and firing my current coach for Montgomery, because I hold him in quite high regard.

Worked for Vegas . Stanley Cup Cassidys first season.