Was there a contract extension for Jim Montgomery in Boston?
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet joined Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio. When requested about what occurred in Boston with the Bruins, he stated there was discuss of a Jim Montgomery contract extension.
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Scott Laughlin: And we’ll begin with the primary teaching casualty of the season Friedge. Huge information yesterday afternoon in the truth that the Bruins parted methods with Jim Montgomery. And in some methods, it’s stunning, given his profitable share. In different methods, possibly not so stunning. So, out of your vantage level, and from what you recognize and from what you’ve been capable of examine, the place did issues go incorrect between Montgomery and the Bs?
Elliotte Friedman: That’s a terrific query. I feel all of it went incorrect this 12 months. You already know, I don’t assume too many individuals have been taking a look at a state of affairs the place folks thought that this could be, that this could even be a consideration or a remark, and as a matter of truth, I do imagine at one level, I don’t know the way deep they received, I get totally different responses to this, however they have been positively speaking about an extension. Like there was an opportunity that he was going to finish up staying.
After which I actually thought Cam Neely did an interview with the Boston Globe final weekend the place he principally stated every part has been unsettled since coaching camp. And I feel that’s true. I feel between (Jeremy) Swayman’s contract state of affairs and (Brad) Marchand’s accidents, it simply didn’t get off to a terrific begin.
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And there have been some occasions Scotty like that double shut out weekend a pair weeks in the past, the place all of us thought it was going to be okay, they usually sorted out. And it simply by no means received there. And I feel that (Elias Lindholm) and (Nikita) Zadorov haven’t been a terrific match. I ponder if a few of the contract stuff has taken its toll on the room.
And each staff is due for a drop, proper? It’s like no one stays good for 20 straight years, and the Bruins have been good for a very long time in a row. And I simply marvel if it’s lastly their flip.
NHLRumors.com Observe: If Common Supervisor Don Sweeney wished to increase Jim Montgomery, he most likely would have already. The truth that he left him as a lame-duck head coach meant the group was eager about making a training change.
It’s a results-oriented enterprise. Montgomery didn’t get it performed within the playoffs. The beginning of the season added to the dysfunction in Boston, and there have been rumblings coming into the season that he was within the scorching seat.
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