On June 6th, 2022 the Boston Bruins fired Bruce Cassidy as the teams head coach. This came as a shock to many fans, with the fear of Patrice Bergeron not resigning with the team looms in the distance.

YEAR	Games Played	Wins	Losses	OTL	Points	Placing	Playoff Result
2016-17 (midseason)	27	18	8	1	37	3rd in Atlantic	L in R1 against OTT
2017-18	82	50	20	12	112	2nd in Atlantic	L in R2 against Tampa
2018-19	82	49	24	9	107	2nd in Atlantic	L in SCF against STL
2019-20*	70	44	14	12	100	1st in Atlantic	L in R2 against Tampa
2020-21*	56	33	16	7	73	3rd in East	L in R2 against NYI
2021-22	82	51	26	5	107	4th in Atlantic (WC1)	L in R1 against CAR

In the six seasons of head coaching, the Bruins did not miss the playoffs, and only got bounced in the first round twice while Cassidy was head coach. He was awarded the Jack Adams award at the end of the 2019-20 season, which is given to the best NHL coach annually. 

In 399 regular season games, Cassidy’s Bruins put up a 245-108-46 record and a .672 winning percentage. 

Less than a week after Cassidy was let go from the Bruins organization, he found a new home with the Vegas Golden Knights. Some say that Cassidy’s communication style got him canned, with him being blunt and not sugarcoating things, but who wants a coach that isn’t honest about their players. 

The current VGK roster is made up of multiple star level players; Eichel, Stone, and Pietrangelo to name a few, and are hungry to win after failing to qualify for postseason play for the first time in the teams five year history. To my knowledge none of the current players have been coached under Cassidy for an extended time. Cassidy did coach a few of them for the 2020 ASG; Eichel, and Weber as representatives for the Atlantic Division.

Here’s hoping for success for Bruce Cassidy in his coaching future, but not at the expense of the Boston Bruins.