Entering an off-season of uncertainty, the fate of Bruins coach Claude Julien was up in the air. That fate would be in the hands of Don Sweeney after he was named the team’s eighth General Manager in May.
Sweeney made his decision a few weeks later and notified Julien that he would be returning for his ninth season.
Following an off-season that featured a plethora of head coaching changes in Buffalo, Detroit, Toronto, San Jose, Philadelphia and New Jersey, Julien survived the hot seat. That is something he’s been accustomed to quite often in Boston as he survived on a couple of other occasions, most notably in 2011 where a Game 7 loss to the Canadiens in the first round would’ve unquestionably sealed his fate.