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
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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.
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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,
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Price is showing things at 18 guys don't usually show until their second or third year as pros.
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It showed that our guys aren't going to quit and that they kept battling. I have to give our players credit for the way they battled in the third period.
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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.
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The rules change, a lot changes in hockey. I think we need to show respect to the players who wore those numbers. If that means guys today have bigger numbers, so be it.
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He adds a little more speed and energy to that line, ... We know those guys can play better and we hope this gives them a little spark.
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When you only play 10 minutes of a hockey game, it's not too often you come out of it with a point, ... We need to realize that we are going to need some 60-minute efforts and that has been a concern of ours as of late.
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At one point, you'll have to consider making a third unit.
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We're putting ourselves in that situation. Over 82 games, once in a while, you like to find ways to make it easier.
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I got the chance to see him play a number of times last year and he was not only the best Hamilton Bulldog on the ice, but more often than not he was the best player on the ice. He's a natural center, but we're very comfortable sliding him in on the wing as well. Chris is a really good two-way player who can play in almost any situation.
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One thing's for sure, he's a kid who knows how to listen. That's what he did all night. You don't need to draw this kid a picture.
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Obviously, the second period was a real bad period for us. We were lucky to come out of that period still tied, thanks to Jose's work.
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Obviously, the second period was a real bad period for us, ... We were lucky to come out of that period still tied, thanks to Jose's work.