Rumor: Top insider believes head coach could soon be out of job.

We have some very interesting comments from one of the National Hockey League's top insiders.

In a recent "mail bag" column for CSN NE Bruins insider Joe Haggerty was asked about the future of Claude Julien and more specifically the likelihood that Julien could be facing the axe this season and Haggerty seemed to be largely in agreement.

From Haggerty's response:

As for the coach, I do agree that Claude Julien might ultimately be the guy that pays the price if the Bruins drop into an elongated tailspin over the next few months. In fact I think he might have been in trouble if the Bruins had struggled on the two-game road trip through Montreal and Pittsburgh after dropping some really disappointing losses at home to Colorado and Toronto. It’s not Claude Julien’s fault entirely because the roster has some real dead weight on it, but at a certain point he just might not be the perfect fit for a team that’s turning more toward offense, skill and speed.

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When it comes to the Bruins organization few, if any, are as well connected as Haggerty so the fact that he believes Julien was nearly on the chopping block once before this season is particularly notable. 

While he believes that Julien may be fired prior to the end of the NHL season, there is little doubt that should he want another NHL head coaching job, Julien would be extremely likely to find a home in very short order as he remains of the the league's most respected head coaches.