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.

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.

Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery found his new job just five days after being let go by the Original Six club. He landed a five-year contract to be the new head coach of the St. Louis Blues. View the original article to see embedded media.