![]() ![]() I have my logic with why it made sense, but it didn’t help us with our start, obviously. Not starting with my normal lines for Game 5. What game that is, that’s debatable and that’s hindsight. ![]() “But the two things that came to mind are, I’ve already talked about the toll on the goaltenders and going to Sway a little earlier. “Specifically, in hindsight you can go back and look at everything,” said Montgomery. Montgomery took both a micro and macro overview of what he perceived as his failures. And that in the end is what made me decide that he was our goaltender for Game 6.” And what he relayed to me made me believe that you learn and grow and he was ready to grow and lead us to a Game 6 win. I personally spoke with Linus and he answered me a real honest question and took ownership of where he was at in Game 5. And in the end, he wins Games 3 and 4, so you have two days off, you think Game 5’s going to go well. I will talk in the playoffs even more with Sweens and Cam (Neely). “It’s not Goalie Bob’s decision, but I really rely on him heavily … we discuss this as a staff. I’m the one that picks the starter,” said Montgomery. But he made it clear on Tuesday that, though the decision is made collectively, the buck stops with him. ![]() Throughout the year when both Ullmark and Swayman were on their way to winning the Jennings Trophy as the best goalie tandem, Montgomery was willing to give goalie coach Bob Essensa the credit for picking his goalie on a nightly basis. And I think we are going to learn from this, everybody, players, especially me, I’m going to learn and I’m going to have to help the players push through, which I didn’t do this year.” The expectations that were put on our team going into the playoffs, there’s a price you pay. That’s what I learned through this grind. “There’s an added mental grind in the playoffs and it takes a toll. “In hindsight, absolutely,” said Montgomery. Was there regret in not going with Jeremy Swayman before he did? Sweeney – who made a point of saying the failure was a collective effort – said that whatever physical issue was bothering the netminder, the management and coaching staff received daily medical reports on Ullmark and they were comfortable with letting him play, from a physical standpoint.īut regardless if he was physically capable of playing, Ullmark clearly was not playing at the Vezina-caliber level that he’d played at during the regular season. Whether or not that puts Montgomery on the hot seat as soon as training camp opens in September with a roster to be named later, the coach willingly dove into the white heat that was waiting for him.įirst up was his decision to stick with goalie Linus Ullmark until Game 7. ![]() Maybe that was an oversight, but it felt telling. At one point, CEO Charlie Jacobs praised the job of his management team – president Cam Neely and GM Don Sweeney – for the job they did in putting together the 65-win team, but the kudos did not extend to the coach. Pick any and all synonyms for “anguished” and the Bruins braintrust was still feeling it on Tuesday, more than a week after the record-setting team was shockingly bounced from the playoffs in the first round.īut in speaking to reporters at the Legends club in the Garden for the first time since that fateful Sunday night, it was clear that the harshest and most unenviable spotlight was on coach Jim Montgomery. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |