NHL News and Injuries: Blues, Sens, Hurricanes, Red Wings, Wild, Leafs, and Jets

Jim Montgomery replaced Drew Bannister at St

The St.Louis Blues fired head coach Drew Bannister and hired Jim Montgomery.

Andy Strickland: Montgomery gets a five-year deal.

Jeremy Rutherford: St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong on the coaching change: “This was more of an opportunity to get someone of Jim's caliber than anything else. This decision was based, I would say, almost 100 percent on having someone of Jim's caliber found when I didn't know that was going to happen.”

“When I spoke with Drew today, I told him that this is a decision based on the presence of someone who I think is a top-level NHL coach, someone we have experience with, someone who I believe can coach this team again when they reach it. high level of competition”

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Frank Seravalli: A look at some of the shorter training seasons recently.

Mike Babcock CBJ 0 games 2023
Barry Melrose TBL 16 games 2008
Ron Rolston BUF 20 games 2013
Drew Bannister STL 22 games 2024
Geoff Ward CGY 24 Games 2020-21
John MacLean NJD 37 games 2010
Lorne Molleken CHI 47 games 1999
Bryan Trottier NYR 54 games 2002-03
Wayne Cashman PHI 61 games 1997-98
Pierre McGuire HFD 67 games 1993-94

Zack MacEwen is being waived

NHL.com: The Ottawa Senators placed forward Zack MacEwen off waivers and recalled Zack Ostapchuk. MacEwen has three points in 19 games.

NHL injury notes

NHL.com: Carolina Hurricanes activated forward Seth Jarvis from IR.

Hurricanes goalie Pyotr Kochetkov was injured in overtime on Saturday. They recalled forward Yaniv Perets from the AHL.

Ansar Khan: Detroit Red Wings forward Patrick Kane and Michael Rasmussen were given days to make it up yesterday. Both are dealing with upper body issues but hope to play tonight.

Michael Russo: Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov had an MRI and nothing serious came back. You feel better and they will take it day by day how you feel.

The Wild's orthopedic surgeon was with the team on their road trip. If it was an ACL injury or anything worse, he wouldn't have played in the third quarter or gone the way he did.

Julian McKenzie: Ottawa Senators defenseman Artem Zub did not practice yesterday.

Dave McCarthy: Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube said forward Max Domi is still rehabbing and is still out.

Dave McCarthy: Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews skated on Saturday and has not been ruled out this week. Matthews on Saturday:

“Today was a good day to get back on the ice. It's been almost a week since I've been on the ice, so we're going to take it day by day, continue to try to improve on the ice and see how this week looks and feels. Obviously, I want to get out of there. Tomorrow is not true but Wednesday is possible, but we will just see how the week goes.”

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NHL.com: The Winnipeg Jets placed defenseman Dylan Samberg on IR with a lower-body injury. He left Saturday's game after blocking a pass from Steven Stamkos. The Jets recalled defenseman Ville Heinola.