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According to KPD of the Boston Globe this could be Claude Julien's last game behind the Boston bench if the Bruins don’t win game seven of their series against the Montreal. Personally, as a Bruins fans I think head coach Claude Julien has been a miserable failure, none of his teams have been able to get out of the second round and last years meltdown during that Stanley Cup playoffs after being up three games to zero against the Flyers clinched it for me. I think if the Bruins’ lose tonight the GM and the head coach of the Boston Bruins should be fired.
Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe --- Time to man up on advantage. The Bruins have at least one more game, tonight, in a win-or-go-home Game 7 matchup with the Canadiens, to figure out how to wring a little cash out of a bankrupt power play. They’ve had two months to figure out those economics, including the first six games of this series, only to be left musing why they can’t get the kind of five-on-three advantages the Habs used last night to score both goals in a 2-1 victory.
“Well, let’s put it this way,’’ said Boston coach Claude Julien, who’ll need to win tonight if he hopes to preserve his job behind the bench beyond his fourth season. “It is struggling. We’ve talked about that. But they scored twice at five on three . . . five on four they weren’t a threat, and neither were we. I thought five on five we controlled the game. I know I would have liked to have a five on three, and maybe our power play would have scored, too.’’
Now, honestly, that’s open to much debate, considering the Bruins stand an eyesore 0 for 19 on the power play through six games. They went 0 for 4 last night, again too often looking hapless, punchless, and shapeless when awarded that little extra elbow room by the referees.
Would a two-man advantage help them? Hey, maybe? It could also double the pain, place a brighter spotlight on the total tonnage of their inefficiency.
