Canadiens Fire Claude Julien After Back-To-Back Losses To Ottawa
The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien.
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The Montreal Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien.
The Boston Bruins are sending their best wishes to former head coach Claude Julien, who will miss the rest of Montreal's first-round series against Philadelphia after being taken to a Toronto hospital with chest pain on Wednesday.
Thanks to the Canadiens, the whole world now knows how to beat the Bruins. Here's how.
Claude Julien returns to Boston on Wednesday, and though he does so with the Bruins' arch nemesis, there's little doubt the former head coach will receive a rousing ovation when introduced at TD Garden.
Claude Julien continues to affect the Bruins even while shepherding their most hated rival.
Before departing for New York on Friday, Bruins interim coach Bruce Cassidy had a message during and after practice for players, coaches and media types alike after he was asked how the Bruins would go about ending their four-game losing streak.
Ryan Spooner has some company.
Ryan Spooner had to work hard to get on the ice to play for Claude Julien. Spooner believes it was personal.
It's Claude ... like you haven't seen him in a long time.
If there are two rules among front-office types in the NHL, they're "don't do stupid stuff" and "what goes around comes around."
Twitter had some fun with the news of Claude Julien joining the Canadiens after the Bruins fired him.
The recently fired coach is heading to his former team's biggest rival one week after his tenure in Boston ended.
Boston Bruins president Cam Neely broke his silence on Thursday, joining 98.5 The Sports Hub's Felger & Massarotti for the first time all season.
Claude Julien thanked the Boston Bruins organization, staff, and fans for their support over his 10 years as head coach.
Did the Bruins do Claude Julien a favor?
In getting rid of Claude Julien, Bruins GM Don Sweeney can no longer hide from scrutiny - and neither can Cam Neely.
The timing of Sweeney's press conference was so bad, it had the complete opposite effect of its intention.
The Bruins fired Claude Julien. Is there any reason to think they'll now be better?
98.5 The Sports Hub's Bruins play-by-play man Dave Goucher joined Toucher & Rich to discuss Boston's change on the bench, and said there aren't many options to replace Claude Julien if Bruce Cassidy isn't the answer.
The Boston Bruins are making a change on their bench.
Coach Claude Julien, probably still as under the weather after the Bruins' 6-5 loss to Toronto on Saturday as he was after the morning skate, summed up the demoralizing defeat like this: "I have to say that tonight we found a way to lose."
Marchand dismissed the idea of Claude Julien being fired as purely media-driven speculation.
Matt Kalman on the continued search for answers from the Bruins' coaches and players - while GM Don Sweeney sits on his hands.
The Bruins get some much-needed wing help back in the lineup, as Beleskey is set to return against the Blackhawks.
TSN hockey insider Bob McKenzie says there is a "credible threat" to Claude Julien's job security as Boston Bruins head coach.
