Wow. #stlblues have fired Drew Bannister and hired Jim Montgomery. Montgomery returns to St. Louis, where he previously served as an assistant, just five days after being fired in Boston.
November 24, 2024
Wow. #stlblues have fired Drew Bannister and hired Jim Montgomery. Montgomery returns to St. Louis, where he previously served as an assistant, just five days after being fired in Boston.
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Huh. Imagine that.
I wonder what info Lalonde has on Stevie that he’s able to keep his job
I blame Chris Ilitch
No logical reason but I blame him
I’m just going to say it, Stevie is afraid of firing Lalonde because a new coach or coaching staff won’t be able to fix this mess that he created.
I guess we will ride Lalonde until end of the season
Yzerman loves snatching up scraps from the Blues. Husso, Fabbri, Walman, Sunquist, Perron, Tarasenko…
I’m tired, boss.
This is so frustrating. The misplaced loyalty is ridiculous. Yzerman ships players out with little warning and barely a return…but the complete dumpster fire of a head coach just keeps on going huh? Can’t imagine why we don’t attract any top free agents… /s
Fuck.
I mean, who said Montgomery would even wanna come to Detroit?
Fuck
When do we talk about firing Steve Yzerman?
Folks there is a chance that we reached out and Monty didn’t have interest.
What a missed opportunity
Shit.
If Detroit ends up hiring Bannister, I’m going to be very not happy.
Not surprised Monty was hired so quickly…Yeah – we’re stuck with Uncle Fester.
Well that didn’t go how I expected 🤣🥃
Should have been us.
Why does everyone assume that Yzerman didn’t explore the option? It’s entirely possible Montgomery had no interest in Detroit.
If riding out Newsy this year means a Hagens or Misa pick then fine with me. A projected 1C is arguably the missing piece of a Yzerplan success anyway so why not go all in for it.
Do it Steve. Launch Uncle Fester into the sun.
So St. Louis is going to be the 2025 Stanley cup champions?
I have to say that I have been impressed with Armstrong moving decisively and with a killer instinct to improve the Blues. They are a small market team, and he is willing to take risk to move them forward.
This is frustrating
I’m just here to watch everyone get mad about shit that’s irrelevant.
My prediction is that Jon Cooper comes to Detroit and Lalonde becomes his assistant again.
I believe Cooper and Lalonde’s contracts expire at the same time. So if Cooper doesn’t sign an extension this is what I expect/hope for.
We are an unserious franchise.
Phew, that was close. We almost did something.
I guess you just can’t wait when a good coach gets fired. Face facts, Stevie fucked up by waiting on this one. So we get to keep Newsy… yay (not)
God dammit, Steve
Still waiting on Boudreau.
I’m not a huge fan of this timeline.
This is sad because he could’ve been a great coach for us. But if all the reports were true that he had been contacted by numerous teams, he realistically had his choice of team. That he chose St Louis clearly says he isn’t worried about being in a spot where he has to make the playoffs this year.
For all intents and purposes, it seems we never had a shot.
I was never a fan of firing Lalonde to hire some other shit-tier coach anyways.. I’m only interested in having them acquire a tested and proven HC to take over this situation to see if Lalonde really is the source of the problems.
If not, then I’m happy continuing to lose most games. This team as a whole doesn’t have much of a backbone or will to fight, that much is clear to any fan watching the games. This abysmal level step-back in how they play as a unit and their overall drive to perform well is alarming.
I never expected this, and if someone told me this type of shit was going to happen prior to this season beginning, I would’ve laughed in disbelief. 20 games in with 18 points.. I either want to see them playing the rest of their games with a fire lit under all their asses and really put shit together, or continue to lose all their games this season. I see this middle ground bullshit as absolute death in the route to improve the club back to legitimate contending status. Fuck being in a fight for the wildcard.
I was never a fan of firing Lalonde to hire some other shit-tier coach anyways.. I’m only interested in having them acquire a tested and proven HC to take over this situation to see if Lalonde really is the source of the problems.
If not, then I’m happy continuing to lose most games. This team as a whole doesn’t have much of a backbone or will to fight, that much is clear to any fan watching the games. This abysmal level step-back in how they play as a unit and their overall drive to perform well is alarming.
I never expected this, and if someone told me this type of shit was going to happen prior to this season beginning, I would’ve laughed in disbelief. 20 games in with 18 points.. I either want to see them playing the rest of their games with a fire lit under all their asses and really put shit together, or continue to lose all their games this season. I see this middle ground bullshit as absolute death in the route to improve the club back to legitimate contending status. Fuck being in a fight for the wildcard.
I wish Gallant was snapped-up by someone that quick. He is my nightmare scenario.
We should still fire Lalonde
Steve yzerman hot seat incoming for me personally.
Fuck. Well I can still hold out hope for Jay Woodcroft.
40 comments
Huh. Imagine that.
I wonder what info Lalonde has on Stevie that he’s able to keep his job
I blame Chris Ilitch
No logical reason but I blame him
I’m just going to say it, Stevie is afraid of firing Lalonde because a new coach or coaching staff won’t be able to fix this mess that he created.
I guess we will ride Lalonde until end of the season
Yzerman loves snatching up scraps from the Blues. Husso, Fabbri, Walman, Sunquist, Perron, Tarasenko…
I’m tired, boss.
This is so frustrating. The misplaced loyalty is ridiculous. Yzerman ships players out with little warning and barely a return…but the complete dumpster fire of a head coach just keeps on going huh? Can’t imagine why we don’t attract any top free agents… /s
Fuck.
I mean, who said Montgomery would even wanna come to Detroit?
Fuck
When do we talk about firing Steve Yzerman?
Folks there is a chance that we reached out and Monty didn’t have interest.
What a missed opportunity
Shit.
If Detroit ends up hiring Bannister, I’m going to be very not happy.
Not surprised Monty was hired so quickly…Yeah – we’re stuck with Uncle Fester.
Well that didn’t go how I expected 🤣🥃
Should have been us.
Why does everyone assume that Yzerman didn’t explore the option? It’s entirely possible Montgomery had no interest in Detroit.
If riding out Newsy this year means a Hagens or Misa pick then fine with me. A projected 1C is arguably the missing piece of a Yzerplan success anyway so why not go all in for it.
Do it Steve. Launch Uncle Fester into the sun.
So St. Louis is going to be the 2025 Stanley cup champions?
I have to say that I have been impressed with Armstrong moving decisively and with a killer instinct to improve the Blues. They are a small market team, and he is willing to take risk to move them forward.
This is frustrating
I’m just here to watch everyone get mad about shit that’s irrelevant.
My prediction is that Jon Cooper comes to Detroit and Lalonde becomes his assistant again.
I believe Cooper and Lalonde’s contracts expire at the same time. So if Cooper doesn’t sign an extension this is what I expect/hope for.
We are an unserious franchise.
Phew, that was close. We almost did something.
I guess you just can’t wait when a good coach gets fired. Face facts, Stevie fucked up by waiting on this one. So we get to keep Newsy… yay (not)
God dammit, Steve
Still waiting on Boudreau.
I’m not a huge fan of this timeline.
This is sad because he could’ve been a great coach for us. But if all the reports were true that he had been contacted by numerous teams, he realistically had his choice of team. That he chose St Louis clearly says he isn’t worried about being in a spot where he has to make the playoffs this year.
For all intents and purposes, it seems we never had a shot.
I was never a fan of firing Lalonde to hire some other shit-tier coach anyways.. I’m only interested in having them acquire a tested and proven HC to take over this situation to see if Lalonde really is the source of the problems.
If not, then I’m happy continuing to lose most games. This team as a whole doesn’t have much of a backbone or will to fight, that much is clear to any fan watching the games. This abysmal level step-back in how they play as a unit and their overall drive to perform well is alarming.
I never expected this, and if someone told me this type of shit was going to happen prior to this season beginning, I would’ve laughed in disbelief. 20 games in with 18 points.. I either want to see them playing the rest of their games with a fire lit under all their asses and really put shit together, or continue to lose all their games this season. I see this middle ground bullshit as absolute death in the route to improve the club back to legitimate contending status. Fuck being in a fight for the wildcard.
I was never a fan of firing Lalonde to hire some other shit-tier coach anyways.. I’m only interested in having them acquire a tested and proven HC to take over this situation to see if Lalonde really is the source of the problems.
If not, then I’m happy continuing to lose most games. This team as a whole doesn’t have much of a backbone or will to fight, that much is clear to any fan watching the games. This abysmal level step-back in how they play as a unit and their overall drive to perform well is alarming.
I never expected this, and if someone told me this type of shit was going to happen prior to this season beginning, I would’ve laughed in disbelief. 20 games in with 18 points.. I either want to see them playing the rest of their games with a fire lit under all their asses and really put shit together, or continue to lose all their games this season. I see this middle ground bullshit as absolute death in the route to improve the club back to legitimate contending status. Fuck being in a fight for the wildcard.
I wish Gallant was snapped-up by someone that quick. He is my nightmare scenario.
We should still fire Lalonde
Steve yzerman hot seat incoming for me personally.
Fuck. Well I can still hold out hope for Jay Woodcroft.