The Bruins are making a coaching change after a slow start to the season. Head coach Jim Montgomery has been fired and will be replaced by Joe Sacco.

With the team not just failing to meet expectations but utterly flailing in every category, Bruins’ management decided to go with the tried and true NHL remedy. They fired the coach. Mired with an 8-9-3 record after Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets,

Montgomery was easy to root for on a human level, and that should continue after his exit after two-plus seasons behind the Bruins bench.