Jim Montgomery had seen enough.
Less than five minutes into Monday’s practice at Warrior Ice Arena, Boston’s bench boss put an emphatic halt to the team’s opening drill, then beckoned his players to the goal line.
“Wake the [expletive] up!” Montgomery barked before commencing the start of a grueling stretch of end-to-end sprints for the entire roster.
It was a stern shot across the bow to a Bruins team that has done little to inspire confidence in its playoff mettle as of late.
And with a back-to-back slate with the Panthers and Lightning next up on the docket, Montgomery stressed that more lapses in his team’s details will only compound Boston’s woes ahead of its postseason push.