Cam Neely and Claude Julien need to go
The Boston Bruins should look to refresh some of their management. In particular Cam Neely and Claude Julien.
Bruins end losing streak
The Boston Bruins just snapped their 4 game losing streak in their win over the Red Wings Tuesday. The streak was ended by Brad Marchand who had two goals of the Bruins three. The game went to overtime and the game winner by David Pastrnak, which ended his 17 game goal drought.
The Team
The Boston Bruins have been missing something for the past few seasons. The biggest issue was when they traded away Johnny Boychuk to the New York Islanders for basically nothing. They received a the Philadelphia Flyer’s second round-pick in the 2015 Draft, the Islanders 2016 second-round pick and a conditional third-round in 2015 that would have received if the Islander trade Boychuk to another Eastern Conference Team.
Cam Neely
Neely has been the President of the Boston Bruins since June 16, 2010. may have been a great player who had his career ended to early by a goon, but this does not mean that he will make a good front office man. I do not think that Neely has any clue about how to run a team. He is supposed to be the guy that says that is a really dumb idea, but he has not done that. Cam has not only let many good players go, but has allowed many questionable moves along the way. I think that he is the root of the problem.
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The players are not his friends. He should think of them as assets. He is the guy that needs to approve the ‘bad” trades that Bruins former GM Peter Chiarelli. Neely is the guy that approved to trade young stud Tyler Seguin.
Here is a list of trades that Neely has approved:
- Bruins trade Riley Smith and Marc Savard Contract to Panthers for Jimmy Hayes. July 1, 2015
- Bruins trade Dougie Hamilton to Calgary for 2015 1st rounder, and 2 2nd rounder’s. Thought the Bruins got Jake Zboril, Brandon Carlo and JFK indirectly from the trade
- Bruins acquire Brett Connolly from Tampa for a 2015 2nd and 2016 2nd
- Bruins trade Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley, and Ryan Button for Loui Eriksson, Joe Morrow, Reilly Smith, and Mat Fraser.
- 2015, Bruins acquire Zac Rinaldo for a Third-round pick June in the 2017 draft
Claude Julien
Claude Julien is in his 10th season as the Head coach of the Boston Bruins. He has led the team to two Stanley Cup Appearances and one Stanley Cup in 2011. Julien’s has a coached the Bruins in 755 games which makes him second to All time great Art Ross. Julien has a 417-244-94 record as the Bruins Head Coach. The past three seasons the Bruins have finished 5th, 3rd, and 4th last year. This would be the longest that the Bruins have gone without making the playoffs. This season could be another one. I do not know if the players are just that bad or is it that they no longer want to play for Claude. The only way to figure that out is to fire Claude.
It would not be a good idea to fire him mid-season, mainly because that would mean Assistant Bruce Cassidy would become the head coach, and I do not think that Cassidy is ready to take on that role. The best option is to let Claude ride out the rest of the season. Even if they do make the playoffs he should still be fired, as they probably will not make it deep in the playoffs.
Claude Coaching style is out-dated and clearly no longer works. He believes in defense first in an offensive league. The league is becoming more about faster and more skilled guys. Claude likes his Veteran “locker room guys” who do not contribute much to the team other than moral support.
Claude Julien Needs to go.
Next: Brad Marchand under Scrutiny
The Bruins will face the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight in Boston at 7.