It’s a pretty common thing to watch NHL teams play tradesies with each others’ head coaches. In fact, for the past couple of years at least, it’s really been a game of duck, duck, goose with head coaches jumping from one team to another.
That’s why it was incredibly refreshing when the Bruins decided to stick around with Bruce Cassidy after his interim season played out in 2016-17.
There really wasn’t any reason to doubt his longevity in Boston after his success in picking up the pieces after Claude Julien’s untimely exit. In 27 games, Cassidy led the Bruins to an 18-8-1 finish, good enough to settle for 3rd in the division.