Taking a look at the Bruins’ options to replace Bruce Cassidy

The Boston Bruins made their first big change of a surely busy offseason Monday

with the decision to fire Bruce Cassidy after over five years on the job.

The decision to move on from Cassidy after the Black and Gold’s first first-round exit since 2017

was certainly something, and replacing the 2020 Jack Adams Award winner

will be no easy feat for the B’s one-two front office braintrust of general manager

Don Sweeney and president Cam Neely.

“Today I informed Bruce Cassidy that I was making a head coaching change,”

Sweeney said in a team-released statement confirming the decision

“After 14 years working with Bruce

this was an extremely difficult decision

I want to thank and acknowledge Bruce for all his work and success with the Bruins organization.

His head coaching record for the Bruins is impressive

and we are appreciative of Bruce both professionally and personally.

“After taking some time to fully digest everything

I felt that the direction of our team for both this season

and beyond would benefit from a new voice.

I want to wish Bruce, Julie

Shannon and Cole much success as a family and with their future opportunities.”