Jim Montgomery was fired by the Bruins on Tuesday. Joe Sacco alone can't right the ship amid an underachieving roster.

The Boston Bruins have fired head coach Jim Montgomery, the team announced on Tuesday. The change comes amidst a disappointing start to the Bruins after general manager Don Sweeney spent big money attempting to upgrade the roster in the offseason.

No one should be surprised. Montgomery, following two brilliant regular seasons as bench boss, including a record-setting run of 65-12-5 in his first year, clearly couldn’t come up with an answer to shake the club out of an 8-9-3 death march.