Bruins head coach Claude Julien said Zdeno Chara was just given a day off today from practice. He expects the captain to be in the lineup Saturday against Atlanta.
No mistrust Cooke-ing with Julien as Marchand returns to Bruins’ lineup
Marchand/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Bruins head coach Claude Julien knows Brad Marchand has a rambunctious reputation, but the bench boss isn’t sweating the chance that he might have another Matt Cooke on his hands.
Bruins’ coach Julien explains Seguin’s sitting situation
Seguin/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Every time No. 2 overall draft pick Tyler Seguin sits out a game, many in the Bruins’ fan base react as though head coach Claude Julien is holding back a modern-day Phil Esposito from taking the league by storm.
Marchand made an example of by Bruins coach Julien for penalties
Marchand/By S. Bradley
After squandering two two-goal leads and losing games on back-to-back nights, the Bruins are taking today off.
That’ll give Brad Marchand extra time to think about what he’s done.
Julien sits Seguin so Bruins’ fourth line can have ‘identity’
Seguin/By S. Bradley
BOSTON — It seemed like Tyler Seguin had picked up his game over the course of the Bruins’ recent six-game road trip.
Ailing Bruins’ D Ference feeling better, so says coach Julien
Ference/By S. Bradley
It has to be a good sign that Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference has stuck with the team through the final couple days of its lengthy road trip after getting injured last Saturday night in Vancouver.
Poll result: Readers, Bruins coach Julien on the same page on scratch
Boychuk/By S. Bradley
Readers of TheBruinsBlog.net fashion themselves hockey coaches on par with Bruins head coach Claude Julien, and tonight they were in agreement with the bench boss.
Paille ban, Julien reaction prove more discussion needed on headshots
Julien/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. – What would the second half of the NHL season be without the Bruins getting caught in a controversy over a hit to the head?
Julien’s benching of Savard doesn’t make much sense for Bruins
Julien/By S. Bradley
BOSTON – Bruins head coach Claude Julien is not acting like himself these last couple weeks, and center Marc Savard seems to be the biggest victim of the bench boss’s change of approach.
Bruins’ Rask will redeem himself after getting pulled in Buffalo
Rask/By S. Bradley
Stop thinking about Tuukka Rask’s confidence as though it’s some sort of Fabergé egg in the hands of the Tasmanian Devil.
Crunching numbers to gauge value of Bruins Julien’s defense-first system
Julien/By S. Bradley
There has been so much clamoring for head coach Claude Julien to either loosen the reins on his defense-first system or lose his job, it got me wondering if playing defensive-minded hockey pays off in the long run.
Julien’s cutting of ice time a key to Bruins’ victory over Lightning
Julien/By S. Bradley
Were it not for Bruins head coach Claude Julien’s decision to keep Marc Savard and Nathan Horton pinned to the bench for 7:20 of tonight’s third period in Tampa, there’s no telling how the Bruins’ 4-3 win over the Lightning would’ve turned out
Bruins coach Julien says rumors of his demise are not distracting
Julien/By S. Bradley
WILMINGTON, Mass. — A majority of observers are pointing blame for the Bruins’ inconsistent play at the head coach.
Bruins GM Chiarelli with a radio vote of confidence for Claude Julien
Julien/By S. Bradley
One day after Bruins President Cam Neely did not take an opportunity during a radio interview to give head coach Claude Julien a vote of confidence, general manager Peter Chiarelli declared his preference that Julien remain Boston’s bench for the rest of this season.
Column: Give Julien credit for going for the jugular in overtime
Julien/By S. Bradley
BOSTON – There are no difficult decisions to make about shootout participants if your team avoids the post-overtime spectacle.
That was Bruins head coach Claude Julien’s big decision tonight in his team’s 3-2 overtime victory over Buffalo at TD Garden.
