Doug Armstrong got his man, finally, but one of the questions the St. Louis Blues general manager was asked on Sunday after hiring Jim Montgomery as the 28th coach in franchise history if he was OK with how things progressed knowing this was the third coach behind a Blues bench in less than a year.

On Sunday, the Blues fired coach Drew Bannister and installed Montgomery behind the bench, signing Montgomery to a five-year deal that will take him through the 2028-29 season.