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 mentioned 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. Large information yesterday afternoon in the truth that the Bruins parted methods with Jim Montgomery. And in some methods, it’s shocking, given his profitable proportion. In different methods, possibly not so shocking. So, out of your vantage level, and from what you realize and from what you’ve been in a position to examine, the place did issues go incorrect between Montgomery and the Bs?
Elliotte Friedman: That’s an excellent query. I believe all of it went incorrect this 12 months. , I don’t assume too many individuals have been taking a look at a state of affairs the place folks thought that this might be, that this might even be a consideration or a remark, and as a matter of truth, I do consider at one level, I don’t know the way deep they acquired, I get completely 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 mentioned every little thing has been unsettled since coaching camp. And I believe that’s true. I believe between (Jeremy) Swayman’s contract state of affairs and (Brad) Marchand’s accidents, it simply didn’t get off to an excellent 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 acquired there. And I believe that (Elias Lindholm) and (Nikita) Zadorov haven’t been an excellent match. I’m wondering if among the contract stuff has taken its toll on the room.
And each workforce is due for a drop, proper? It’s like no person 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 Word: If Basic Supervisor Don Sweeney needed 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 excited about making a training change.
It’s a results-oriented enterprise. Montgomery didn’t get it accomplished within the playoffs. The beginning of the season added to the dysfunction in Boston, and there have been rumblings getting into the season that he was within the sizzling seat.
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