2023-06-25 23:47:01
NASHVILLE — Jim Montgomery was unable to follow the rest of the playoffs following the nightmarish elimination of the Boston Bruins in the first round.
“It was too hard to watch,” said the Montreal coach on Sunday when he arrived in Tennessee for the presentation of individual honors in the NHL on Monday. “It was hard because I thought we should have been there…”
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Montgomery explained that he has tried to watch games on TV.
“I was incapable of putting myself in the shoes of an amateur. I started analyzing everything until I turned off the TV following regarding ten minutes. I did other things, like playing cards or playing golf with my sons. »
The pill still goes awry in Boston nearly two months following the appalling rout of the Bruins, as a curtain raiser to the spring tournament.
After rewriting the season record book, with a harvest of 135 points, the Bruins had to quickly tame the Florida Panthers. The Panthers instead signed one of the biggest surprises in history, winning the series in seven games.
Saying he has no personal regrets, Montgomery admitted to rehashing several highlights of the series once morest the Panthers.
“You do, that’s for sure. You think back to what went wrong. The matches are so fresh in your memory. We will analyze more deeply in the coming weeks the aspects that have worked less well compared to the season. »
At first glance, Montgomery said he found his troops to be slower in the playoffs than in the season.
“We were very fluid in the season. In the playoffs, we only showed our usual rhythm in games 3, 4 and 5. In the other games, we didn’t exploit our speed. »
Defensively, the Bruins also fell short, “especially in crucial moments,” he said.
“We have lost the aspect of battles in front of our net. The Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett have imposed their law and we must pay tribute to them for that. They were very good at annoying our goalkeepers. We should have mastered them better and displayed more vigor to push the Panthers attackers to the outside. It would have made our guards’ job easier. »
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