Bruins' scorers thinking 'big picture'

CSNNE.com examines how Patrice Bergeron and Jarome Iginla, playing two-way games with balanced ice time spread over the roster, each secured 30-goal campaigns playing within the Bruins system

“We always seem to be at least in the top six [in the NHL] for goals scored. I guess our scoring is spread out more. Maybe some players that normally, on other teams, would play 22, 24 minutes a game are playing 17 to 19 [for the Bruins],” said Bruins coach Claude Julien. “Give them those extra five minutes—maybe they get those goals, too.

“But as we mentioned before, we’re team oriented. We focus on the big goal, and what it takes to get there. Our guys have bought into that. They don’t really care. I think 30 [goals] is exceptional, and we’ve got two of those this year. [Patrice Bergeron] even said to me he didn’t care at one point whether he got 30 or not. If he went and got the [30th goal against the Sabres] he wouldn’t have cared about staying behind for tomorrow’s game [against the Devils]. That didn’t matter to him. His words to me were the big picture, and that is what I’m worried about right now.”

Source: Joe Haggerty, CSNNE.com