"I loved 88 tonight," Montgomery said to reporters, per the team. "You're trying to balance how much you play him with getting other people on the ice as well. That's tough part."
"On the bench, he's much more talkative. He's much more positive on the bench. Last year he didn't concern himself with having to do that with so many other great leaders. He's grown like that and he's also grown in his playmaking."