Claude Julien finally finished the coaching shuffle that started when he took over on February 14, 2017. After keeping the same assistant coaches that worked under Michel Therrien for the rest of the 2016-17 season and the 2017-18 campaign, there was a change for 2018-19 when Dominique Ducharme and Luke Richardson joined Kirk Muller on the bench.
Not coincidentally, there was also a full change at the American Hockey League level and Joël Bouchard said prior to the season that the two staffs met to create an organizational mindset.
It would be understandable, and I would argue, expected for Claude Julien to dictate the team’s style.