If Don Sweeney hires the wrong coach, it’s a good bet he won’t get the chance to hire another one.

The Boston Bruins have fired coach Bruce Cassidy several weeks after losing in the first round of the playoffs

Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy is expected to need six months to recover from arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder, while Matt Grzelcyk is expected to miss five months.

Marchand has surgery for labral repairs on both hips.

Don Sweeney says the Bruins ‘left something on the table’ in their loss to Carolina, and he puts a lot of that on his shoulders.

David Pastrnak had an emotional season, deal with the death of his infant son last June.

Captain Patrice Bergeron is a free agent and hasn’t decide if he will return after Boston lost its first-round series against Carolina.

Max Domi scored twice in the second period while Antti Raanta had 27 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 to win the deciding Game 7 of their first-round playoff series

Patrice Bergeron, 36, has played in 12 deciding games with the latest on Saturday with Boston on the road facing Carolina.