From the Buffalo News:

Julien: Lindy doing 'a lot of whining'

It's not at Ken Hitchcock levels but Claude Julien is apparently getting sick of Lindy Ruff. The Bruins coach popped off today about Ruff's post-game comments Friday night that Zdeno Chara could be looking at a suspension for an instigator penalty. Ruff had already spoken in HSBC Arena prior to Julien's comments b eing relayed back to Buffalo by the Associated Press.

"I've heard and read Lindy's comments. Hopefully, it's his way of taking pressure off his team," Julien said today at TD Garden. "If not, it's a lot of whining. Simple as that. Every coach has his tactics. You just worry about yourself. As I said last night, we seem to be the team that's doing bad things. They seem to be the team that's on the nice side of all that stuff and they do nothing wrong. It's tactics. Those are things in the playoffs that coaches use, hopefully to their advantage. I don't pay much attention to it."

Courtesy of the AP, here are some more thoughts from the Bruins about the Chara situation after their optional workout today. Chara was not available to the media.

Julien on the suspension being rescinded

"“I think when you look at what happened and how it was put on paper after the game, to us it didn’t make much sense. So (general manager) Peter (Chiarelli) put in a request to the league to get the instigator rescinded, which after review they did. So to me it was just common sense.

"To be honest with you, I wasn’t even worried because I couldn’t see that (a suspension) happening. It didn’t take them long to rescind that stuff and it just didn’t make any sense. A guy got slashed behind the leg with a two-hander and he just turns around and still has a glove on and takes a pop and then three guys jump him. So where does all this stuff come from? I don’t know. Again, it’s just common sense and the league looked at it and they felt that he didn’t deserve it and took care of it.”

Yea, bitch move on Julien to accuse another coach of whining.

Wait...slashed with a TWO-HANDER? Goose one-handed tapped him on the skate blade!

Wow, Julien calls out a coach for whining while whining like a little bitch!

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mechaphil

ruff and julien should know that good sports are always winners.

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I just watched the clip about 10 times and it was one-handed, and almost looked accidental(?).

It did, however, create the altercation, which is probably why the league didn't suspend Chara. Also, when I heard Gaustad's comments about it post-game, he sounded kinda smart-ass about it, which probably didn't help. When asked if he had slashed Chara, he said with a smirk "I don't know, did I?"

It's ok.. Chara was at the bottom of a 3 Sabres pileup, and Im sure his nose wasn't not touched..

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Miller, Myers and Greir are sick, but not Jesus Christ..

KILL OTTAWA

He was definitely bleeding. Rayzor was talking about it.

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mechaphil

Gotta give him credit for taking the cage off! I woulda kept it on the rest of the series.

Neither could I, Claude -- you and Bettman being such good friends, and all . . .




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“This is a good building to play in,” Roy said. “It’s kind of quiet.”

-- forward Derek Roy, following the Sabres' 2-1 OT win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Jan. 14, 2010, a game where the home team drew just over 11,000 fans {the ninth time in 22 home games they failed to draw 12,000}

Maybe Claude should pay attention that a suspension was a definite possibility.

Julien was whining about Myers hitting Boychuck.

Asshole.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

Screw you, you whale. Lindy would beat the motherloving crap out of you if you challenged him face to face like a man. Go back to downing your KFC and Krispy Kremes, jerk.

Julien is a little testicle licker.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

He's almost fatter than Ken Hitchcock.

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Wheelhouse

We should push him and Paul Hamilton down a hill to see who rolls down faster

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But is he anywhere near Boudreau?

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mechaphil

Maybe Claude should spend less time whining about Lindy, and more time trying to figure out why his team got bitch slapped on Friday.

Juliens just mad because he couldn't suck the refs dick for a win this game.

I laughed pretty hard

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He looks like Homer Simspon

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