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 shocking, given his successful share. In different methods, possibly not so shocking. So, out of your vantage level, and from what you understand and from what you’ve been in a position to examine, the place did issues go fallacious between Montgomery and the Bs?
Elliotte Friedman: That’s an important query. I believe all of it went fallacious this yr. You recognize, I don’t assume too many individuals have been taking a look at a scenario the place individuals thought that this might be, that this might even be a consideration or a remark, and as a matter of reality, I do consider at one level, I don’t understand how deep they obtained, 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 all the pieces has been unsettled since coaching camp. And I believe that’s true. I believe between (Jeremy) Swayman’s contract scenario and (Brad) Marchand’s accidents, it simply didn’t get off to an important begin.
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And there have been some instances 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 obtained there. And I believe that (Elias Lindholm) and (Nikita) Zadorov haven’t been an important match. I ponder if a number of the contract stuff has taken its toll on the room.
And each workforce 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 surprise if it’s lastly their flip.
NHLRumors.com Notice: If Normal 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 enthusiastic about making a training change.
It’s a results-oriented enterprise. Montgomery didn’t get it carried out 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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