ST. LOUIS — Jim Montgomery is back in his familiar stomping grounds, coaching the St. Louis Blues after being hired on Nov. 25, 2025, the same Blues that signed Montgomery out of the University of Maine in 1993.
But did you know that on this date, Aug. 19, exactly 31 years ago, that the Blues traded their current coach to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Guy Carbonneau, who was a popular player with the Canadiens and spent the first 13 seasons of his NHL career there?
Montgomery, a Montreal native who played in 67 games with the Blues (20 points; six goals, 14 assists) in 1993-94, didn't last long with the Canadiens; he played just five games there (zero points) before being claimed off waivers by the Philadelphia Flyers and played in just a combined 13 games in Philadelphia the remainder of the 1994-95 and 95-96 seasons.
Montgomery, who would close out his NHL career with one season with the San Jose Sharks (2000-01) and Dallas Stars (2001-03), played in 122 NHL games (34 points; nine goals, 25 assists).
Carbonneau spent just the one season (1994-95) with the Blues and played in just 42 games, collecting 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) and another three points (one goal, two assists) in seven playoff games before signing as a free agent with the Stars, finishing out his career there playing five more seasons.
As the current Blues coach, are you glad to see Montgomery guiding the franchise through its current retool and do you feel like he can get them back to where it was was not long ago?
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