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Bruins coach: ‘We need to wake up’

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The Boston Bruins’ recent run of shaky play continued on Saturday as they dropped a 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Head coach Claude Julien explained the team’s biggest issues to CSNNE.com following the defeat:

“It’s a different line in another game, and then the other three [aren’t going]. We can’t win hockey games relying on one line per night producing for us,” Julien said. " ... We need to relax a little. But we also need to wake up and play Bruins hockey. Because that’s not what we’re playing right now.”

Many Bruins fans probably wonder what could have been as Jarome Iginla made his Pittsburgh Penguins debut today.

Julien seemed to indirectly address the lack of trades while reflecting on Boston’s woes.

“If we’re looking for help, we’re looking in the wrong direction,” Julien said. “We really need to start looking at ourselves because as a team right now we’re not playing well. We’re very average in all areas and we’re not playing Bruins hockey. We can out-shoot teams all night long, but it doesn’t mean much.”

Tough guy Shawn Thornton believes it’s not for a lack of trying.

“I don’t think it’s a lack of effort right now. I think it’s just a lack of execution,” Thornton said. “For whatever reason, we were squeezing our sticks in the first two periods. We’re just not making plays that we’re capable of making. I honestly think the effort was there.

“I don’t know if we’re trying a little bit too hard and we’re just bobbling things right now. We just need to get back to having fun and making plays. We’re a good team.”