You had a fantastic run, Claude, however, I suppose it had to end eventually. After nine and a half years of support, Claude Julien was fired as head coach of the Boston Bruins and rumors are beginning to swirl as to who will replace the Stanley Cup-winning coach.
It’s clear that Bruins’ management wasn’t delighted with the direction the team was heading in, with only 58 points after 55 matches, but what’s not too clear is precisely what they expected. Virtually everyone predicted that the B’s would be a team to the outside looking in and it seemed all but certain Julien will be relieved of his post at the conclusion of the season. The impatience of the new NHL, but reared its ugly head once more and among the best coaches in the league is now looking for work — that I am sure he will find in short order. The timing couldn’t have been better for the Bruins since it was unlikely they’d confront much backlash from the public and the media with the Patriots celebrating their recent Super Bowl win having a parade in downtown Boston in the same time the Bruins declared the firing.
BetOnline has set lines who will become the upcoming full-time coach of the First Six team from Massachusetts and there are a number of familiar names close to the top of the listing. With former Panthers bench boss Gerard Gallant coming in at +200 and the recently fired Ken Hitchcock being available in +400.
Assistant coach Bruce Cassidy will take over head coaching duties in the meantime and he’s the current favorite to take over the full-time job with +160 odds. Before he had been promoted to the big club at the beginning of the 2016-17 season, Cassidy served as the head coach of the Bruins’ AHL affiliate in Providence for five years. It is likely the Bruins’ management has been dressing the Ottawa, Ontario native for the significant job so that it makes a lot of sense that he’s the favorite.
With groups like the Penguins, Blues, Panthers and possibly the Islanders all using this method with their recent full-time head coach hirings, I could see the Bruins doing exactly the same thing. I am not sure what it requires to maintain a job as a head coach in the NHL anymore however when Claude Julien doesn’t have it, nobody will.
Here’s the entire list of potential full-time head coaches for the Bruins offered at BetOnline:
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