BREAKING: Bruins looking to hire a new face on the coaching staff

The Bruins decided to keep Bruce Cassidy as head coach, but there are still moves being made in Boston as the NHL Entry Draft approaches.

Don Sweeney, General Manager of the Bruins, confirmed that their group of assistant coaches will be retained for next season. That means Cassidy will be working with Joe Sacco, Jay Pandolfo and Bob Essensa. There is still one open assistant coach position that needs to be filled in Boston.

“I think our staff did a very good job jumping in and picking up, because we didn’t add to it at the time [of Cassidy’s promotion] when we subtracted from the group. It will stay as is,” Sweeney said. “We will also be looking to add to it to complement that group. Bruce and I have already spoken briefly about it, but we haven’t identified yet and we’ve already received some people that would have some interest. We’ll pursue that accordingly”.

Scott Bradley has been chosen to manage the Bruins interests at the NHL Entry Draft, a role he’s filled in the past by drafting players like Milan Lucic, Phil Kessel, Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci.

Sweeney had this to say Bradley: “Scotty Bradley has stepped back into that role, which he’s very comfortable doing. He holds the title of Assistant General Manager and he’ll oversee the draft. We’re very comfortable with the people he’s worked with in recent years that have been a big, big part of our recent drafts. Our meetings went well. They were just at the U-18s and had other subsequent meetings, so there will be some banter in the upcoming [scouting] meetings, in terms of where we end up finalizing our list. Scotty will oversee that”.