After a “worldwide” search, as CEO Charlie Jacobs described it, the Boston Bruins named Assistant General Manager Don Sweeney as the franchise's eighth GM Wednesday. Team president Cam Neely said the process was narrowed down to four candidates (Sweeney, George McPhee, Jeff Gorton, Ray Shero?) before they chose the man who knew the organization best.
Now that Sweeney’s in the GM’s chair, all the focus will be on the future of head coach Claude Julien, who’s been left to wonder if he’ll be behind the bench next season.
Sweeney said he has spoken with Julien, but wasn’t fully committed to saying he would definitely return.