[Rumour] Bruins Fire Coach Jim Montgomery

[saillias]

Feeling vindicated for my dislike of Zadorov/Lindholm and those contracts. Zadorov is one of the most overrated players in the league. He should be on a bottom pairing making #6 money and Lindholm fell off a cliff.

[Ped]

I dunno if Sweeney should go or not, the decision to retool instead of rebuild likely came from ownership and people above him.

[Canada 02]

lots of discussion on Blues radio about bringing Montgomery back to St. Louis. Armstrong gave him an opportunity after his exile from Dallas, and Montgomery's wife is from here.

[activeStick]

Going to be interesting to see how the players respond...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1859302357856870730

[jayswin]

The bruins tried too hard to directly replace what Bergeron provided at centre, and picked up a wish.com version of him in Lindholm.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Going to be interesting to see how the players respond...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1859302357856870730

They always say that when a coach gets fired.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by jayswin

The bruins tried too hard to directly replace what Bergeron provided at centre, and picked up a wish.com version of him in Lindholm.

It's like insanity. Did the Canucks and Bruins not watch any tape of Lindholm after Johnny left?

he isn't even worth $4mil/year let alone what the Bruins are paying him.

Talk about an Allstar bump!

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

It's like insanity. Did the Canucks and Bruins not watch any tape of Lindholm after Johnny left?

he isn't even worth $4mil/year let alone what the Bruins are paying him.

Talk about an Allstar bump!

That rumored negotiation last fall with Lindholm wanting $9.3 and the Flames being low 8's AAV is so scary, looking back.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

It's like insanity. Did the Canucks and Bruins not watch any tape of Lindholm after Johnny left?

he isn't even worth $4mil/year let alone what the Bruins are paying him.

Talk about an Allstar bump!

Yeah, he had a very solid playoffs, so it was likely a double whammy of the all star and playoff bump

[Buff]

Originally Posted by cral12

Of course, I kid, but I was reminded of the time Les Nordiques traded coach for a 1st rnder...with how Huska has this team playing, has this come to Connie's mind lol:

"Rangers made historic trade for coach ahead of 1987 NHL Draft:
Bergeron lasted fewer than 2 seasons with New York after being acquired from Quebec for 1st-round pick"
https://www.nhl.com/news/new-york-ra...-nhl-344923178

I don't think it wasn't until sometime into Bettman's tenure that the NHL prevented teams from compensating other teams for hiring away their coaches.

Maybe I'm remembering things incorrectly but I think teams would give up draft picks to talk to assistant coaches if they wound up hiring them.

[Ped]

There was compensation for staff for a while, although I'm not sure if it extended to assistant coaches.

For the past 11-plus months, any team hiring a coach or executive from another team had to surrender either a second- or third-round draft pick, depending on the time of year.
Five third-round picks and two second-round picks have been given up so far under the policy, and Bettman said those selections won't be given back.
"Everybody operated under the same rules for a year," Bettman said.
Oilers biggest losers

The Oilers were the biggest losers of the policy, having to send a second-round pick to the Bruins for Chiarelli and a third-round pick to the San Jose Sharks for coach Todd McLellan. The Toronto Maple Leafs gave up third-round picks to the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils for coach Mike Babcock and GM Lou Lamoriello, respectively.

It ended because the original idea had been to compensate teams who lost up and coming coaches or executives, but ended up being teams hiring coaches that had been fired.


https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl...nate-1.3355929