The St. Louis Blues are getting set to officially start their 2025-26 campaign on Thursday night, hosting the Minnesota Wild. There will be some first-timers, and many players from last season returning.
One of the big returns is head coach Jim Montgomery, who has a special case of actually being a first-timer himself. Despite coaching the Blues to a 35-18-7 record over his 60-game tenure after being hired on November 24 to replace Drew Banister, this is his first full offseason to prepare with his new franchise.
After a very successful tenure with Boston over three seasons, he now has even higher expectations than he did before with St.