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.

Only one thing surprises me about the decision made by St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong to fire coach Drew Bannister to clear the way for the hiring Jim Montgomery: that this move surprised anyone at all.

While speaking to reporters, including The Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford, Blues general manager Doug Armstrong was very honest abou