Jim Montgomery replaces Drew Bannister in St. Louis
The St.Louis Blues fired head coach Drew Bannister and hired Jim Montgomery.
Andy Strickland: Montgomery gets a five-year deal.
Jemermy Rutherford: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong on the coaching change: “This was more of a possibility to get someone of Jim’s caliber than the rest. This decision was based, I’d say, almost 100% on having someone of Jim’s caliber grow to be available once I didn’t know that was going to occur.”
“After I talked to Drew today I told him this was more of a call based on the provision of somebody I feel is a top-end NHL coach, someone we now have experience with, someone I actually consider can coach this team and when it reaches it’s ultimate level of competitiveness”
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Frank Seravalli: A take a look at a few of the shortest coaching stints recently.
Mike Babcock CBJ 0 games 2023
Barry Melrose TBL 16 games 2008
Ron Rolston BUF 20 games 2013
Drew Bannister STL 22 games 2024
Geoff Ward CGY 24 games 2020-21
John MacLean NJD 37 games 2010
Lorne Molleken CHI 47 games 1999
Bryan Trottier NYR 54 games 2002-03
Wayne Cashman PHI 61 games 1997-98
Pierre McGuire HFD 67 games 1993-94
Zack MacEwen to waivers
NHL.com: The Ottawa Senators placed forward Zack MacEwen on waivers and recalled Zack Ostapchuk. MacEwen had three points in 19 games.
NHL Injury notes
NHL.com: The Carolina Hurricanes activated forward Seth Jarvis from the IR.
Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov was injured in time beyond regulation on Saturday. They recalled goaltender Yaniv Perets from AHL.
Ansar Khan: Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane and Michael Rasmussen got maintenance days yesterday. They’re each coping with upper-body issues but are hopeful to play tonight.
Michael Russo: Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov had an MRI and nothing serious turned up. He’s feeling higher and so they’ll just take to day-to-day as to how he’s feeling.
The Wild’s orthopedic surgeon was with the team on their road trip. If it had been an ACL injury or anything serious, he wouldn’t have played within the third period or been walking around the way in which he had been.
Julian McKenzie: Ottawa Senators defenseman Artem Zub didn’t practice yesterday.
Dave McCarthy: Toronto Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube said that forward Max Domi remains to be rehabbing and never skating yet.
Dave McCarthy: Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews skated on Saturday and he hasn’t been ruled out for this week. Matthews on Saturday:
“Today was a great day to get back on the ice. It’s been probably over per week since I’ve been on the ice, so we’ll take day-to-day, proceed to attempt to progress within the ice and see how this week looks and feels. Obviously, I would like to get on the market. Tomorrow not realistic but Wednesday possible, but we’ll just see how the week goes.”
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NHL.com: The Winnipeg Jets put defenseman Dylan Samberg on the IR with a lower-body injury. He left Saturday’s game after blocking a Steven Stamkos shot. The Jets recalled defenseman Ville Heinola.
