Recent story from Montgomery proves that Bergeron is the definition of leadership

Montgomery says there's been a lot of times this season where he's gone to talk to a player about how they're doing mentally and asking where they're at and the player says ‘'Patrice actually talked to me about this, so I'm feeling better already.''

''I think it's always been important. I think it's become, I guess, a lot more part of a coach's responsibility than it used to be. There used to be the old adage, players gotta figure it out. Like, ‘'You're not playing; figure it out. You are playing more; figure it out.'' I think more now - - and I've always been like this as a coach - - is I try and always give feedback as to why they're not playing as much or why they're playing more so that they replicate those habits and you know why you're getting rewarded with good ice. Hopefully that's going to encourage you to play the way that you've been playing to get that good ice.''