NEW YORK — As new Blues coach Jim Montgomery appeared before reporters at Madison Square Garden sporting a dark blue sweatshirt emblazoned with the team’s famed blue note logo, there was no hesitation about his emotions. An assistant with the Blues from 2020-22, Montgomery is overjoyed to be back with St. Louis.

On Monday, Tom Ackerman, Matt Pauley and Bernie Miklasz discussed the Blues decision to move on from Bannister and hire Montgomery less than a week after he was given his pink slips from the Bruins.