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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I think that's a pretty good gamble for STL.
Giving a coach a 5-year contract seems a bit risky, but also gives him some time to create his own culture, and exchange players that don't fit that culture.
Montgomrey's record speaks for itself. We'll get to see just how much of it was due to great goal tending.
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Great goaltending? Nine times out of 10, show me a great goaltender I’ll show you a great defensive team.
His record is based on two seasons, and the first one season (which skews as a very positive outlier) they still had Bergeron and Krejci, while Marchand was around point per game, and Pastrnak jumped from point per game to the 110 point level.
He may have had a record seems season but he inherited a team that had won 52 games the year prior and been to the SC finals pretty recently as well (2019)
He does seem to have a pretty short shelf life, based on his stints in Dallas and Boston
We will see what he is