One week.
That’s all it took for Claude Julien to be taken off the coaching market.
It’s a rare occurrence for a coach in the National Hockey League to find work shortly after a mid-season firing. And after 10 years in Boston, no one would have blamed Julien for taking a little time off before evaluating his options for the foreseeable future.
Well, the latest opening was something he couldn’t refuse. The winningest coach in Bruins history is now heading up north to Montreal to begin his second stint with the Canadiens.
“I really felt like I should sit back and let the season play out,” Julien said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, “unless something came along that I couldn’t turn down.