The Boston Bruins have still not chosen their next head coach and have been linked to multiple names. A few reported finalists include Marco Sturm, Jay Woodcroft, and Mitch Love. Yet, these three are not the only ones still in the running for the Bruins' vacant head coaching job. 

According to The Athletic's Fluto Shinzawa, a source informed him that Jay Leach is also a finalist for the Bruins' head coaching job. In addition, Shinzawa reported that Leach had an in-person meeting with the Original Six club on May 29. 

Leach being in the running for the Bruins' bench boss position is not particularly surprising. The 45-year-old joined the Bruins as an assistant coach for the 2024-25 season. Furthermore, he was previously the head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Providence Bruins, from 2017-18 to 2020-21. 

During his time away from the Bruins organization, Leach was an assistant coach of the Seattle Kraken 2021-22 to 2023-24.

Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see if Leach ends up being the Bruins' next head coach from here. 

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