Just over one year has passed since Jim Montgomery was fired as the Boston Bruins' head coach and found a new start with the St. Louis Blues.

With the Blues' current form (9-11-7) looking similar to the up-and-down start (8-9-3) that ended his time with the Bruins last November, Montgomery's current and former clubs will meet for the first time since he changed benches on Thursday night when he returns to his former stomping grounds.

"Professionally, it's a bag of mixed emotions. Some great times and some very, very disappointing times," Montgomery said of his tenure in Boston, highlighted by a record-setting 2022-23 regular season.

St. Louis is 3-3-4 in its past 10 games, but a 4-1 home loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday was its first regulation setback in a four-game span (2-1-1). Mo

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