Bruins opt to retain coach Julien for another season
BOSTON (AP) The Bruins are sticking with coach Claude Julien for another season despite missing the playoffs two years in a row.
General manager Don Sweeney said Thursday that Julien is the right coach to guide the team through a ''bumpy transition.''
Sweeney says the team has work to do and has started to assess areas where they want to improve.
The Bruins went 42-31-9 with Julien behind the bench and Sweeney in his first year as general manager this season. They missed out on a playoff spot to the Detroit Red Wings based on the regulation/overtime-win tie-breaker.
Julien has a record of 393-223-88 in 704 games in nine seasons. In that time, the Bruins won two Eastern Conference championships and the Stanley Cup in 2011.
Last season, Julien became the all-time Bruins leader for wins by a coach.
The Bruins missed the postseason by two points in 2015.
