"When Zdeno Chara spent part of yesterday reliving Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Bruins captain recalled coach Claude Julien's near serenity in the most pressure-crammed situation.

"You saw we had three rounds going into Game 7,'' Chara said. "Usually you kind of sense or notice the coach is kind of nervous, too. You really didn't see that in him. He was really strong that way. Sometimes you're looking to the biggest leader we have. Obviously, that's him. He's the head coach. When you see a little bit of weakness, then you kind of hesitate yourself. But you never saw that in him. He was really just solid like a rock.

"Even before Game 7 of the Final, the meetings were like any other meetings. There was nothing special. Nothing you would see where it was, 'Hey, this is a little different than before.' It was the same thing.''"