Just five days after the Bruins fired Montgomery, the St. Louis Blues announced that they’ve hired him as their next head coach. The Blues relieved Drew Bannister of his duties and signed Montgomery to a five-year contract to become the 28th coach in franchise history.

Five days after being fired as head coach of the Bruins, Jim Montgomery was hired by the St. Louis Blues to be their bench boss, replacing Drew Bannister. Montgomery, who had been in the final year of his deal with the B’s and had rejected a contract extension offer according to GM Don Sweeney,