The Boston Bruins have announced they've signed head coach Bruce Cassidy to a multi-year extension. While coaches' salaries are kept fairly quiet in the NHL, TSN's Pierre LeBrun says he believe it's in the vicinity of $3 million per year.
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Cassidy owns a 117-52-22 record in 191 career games with Boston, good for the fourth-best winning percentage (.670) in team history. In his second full season behind the bench in 2018-19, Cassidy led the Bruins to a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2013, following a regular season in which the team managed a 49-24-9 record (107 points) and finished in second place in the Eastern Conference.
Before joining Boston as an assistant prior to the start of the 2016-17 season, Cassidy spent five seasons (2011-16) as head coach of the Providence Bruins, having spent the three previous seasons (2008-11) with the club as an assistant.
Cassidy was entering the final year of his contract with the Bruins. How many seasons the extension is for has not been disclosed.
