There's old saying in sports: You can't fire 20 players, so you fire the coach. And that would seem to be what prompted the Bruins to dismiss Claude Julien.
THE FIRING OF CLAUDE JULIEN
- Bruins fire Claude Julien, name Bruce Cassidy interim coach
- Dave Goucher: Who should the Bruins for looking for as new coach?
- JANUARY 24: Classic Felger rant asking why Julien was still the coach
- JANUARY 22: Haggerty -- Bruins need to make a call on Claude Julien, one way or the other
- JANUARY 21: Julien calls question about his job security 'shock journalism'
But, asks Bruins radio play-by-play broadcaster Dave Goucher, will it make a difference?
"Why do you make a coaching change? Because you think your team is underpeforming," Goucher said Tuesday morning on 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich. "My question would be, is this team legitimately good enough to make the playoffs?
"I guess we're going to find that out in [27 remaining games]."