Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five days after he was fired by the Boston Bruins.

Montgomery was 120-41-23 in two-plus seasons with the Bruins and led them to the best single-season record in NHL history (65-12-5) in 2022-23, when they averaged 3.67 goals per game. Mongomery won the Jack Adams Award voted as the League’s top coach.

It hasn’t even been a week since the Boston Bruins fired their head coach Jim Montgomery, and the St. Louis Blues have stepped up to the plate to make a big cha