Claude Julien
Claude Julien
Claude Julienis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and the current head coach of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He is the longest tenured head coach currently in the NHL. He has previously served as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, as well as in the American Hockey Leaguewith the Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2011 and 2013, he coached the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals, guiding the Boston...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 April 1960
CityBlind River, Canada
create front guys stand
I told our guys that they have to stand in front of the net, not off to the side, ... You have to create traffic; you can't let the goaltender see the puck.
case ordinary playing remember seasons
They're playing like an ordinary team, but I remember that was the case two seasons ago,
victory
It was battle-tested victory for us in many ways.
best line
They've been our best line when they've been healthy.
fortunate ice involved people players position rules top variety
We're fortunate to have players who can play a variety of roles. With the new rules and all the penalties, we have to be in a position where we can get as many people involved so that our top players aren't on the ice all the time.
adjust bit chance discuss giving help hopefully maybe mean road small tried
We've tried to discuss that about giving the defensemen a chance to maybe help out our goaltenders a little bit more. Listen, these new rules, it doesn't mean they're perfect. They're good, we need to adjust to them and hopefully down the road we'll make some small adjustments to them.
chance easy front job second start sticks third traffic unless
We have to get more traffic in front of the net. Those second and third chance opportunities won't come unless we start getting our sticks on some rebounds. But Belfour didn't make our job easy tonight.
absolutely alex game heard kid last positive russia saw scouts seen wait
I heard nothing but positive things from our scouts who saw Alex play in Russia last year. From what I've seen so far, they were absolutely right. This kid can play and I can't wait to see him in game situations.
credit ice seconds
But in those 38 seconds (of ice time), he had a goal. That's a credit to him.
goals pay score willing
If you want to score goals in this league, you have to be willing to pay the price,
bench blocks picks respected shot teammates time
He's so respected by his teammates for what he does. He picks up our bench every time he blocks a shot or makes a big hit.
good since threw weight
He threw his weight around. He went to the net. He did all the good things he's been doing since Day 1 of camp. I wasn't disappointed at all.
centre guy injury move position run solid
What we like about Radek is that he can be a solid No. 3 centre for us and if we run into injury problems, then he is the kind of guy who can move up to the No. 1 or No. 2 position with no problem,
adapt apply continues course extra game guys players rules spend time top trend unit unless wear
We are going to have to do something before we really wear out our top guys with all of the power-plays we're now seeing. If this trend continues and you apply that to an 82-game schedule, that extra unit is really going to come in handy, unless of course the players adapt their game to the new rules and spend less time in the box.