While his seat might be getting hotter with each passing day, Claude Julien is focusing on what he can control: ensuring his team is prepared to win hockey games.

Pressure is swirling around both Julien and his Boston Bruins club to right the ship. Losers of three in a row, the Bruins are clinging to the third playoff spot in the Atlantic Division, with every team currently hot on their heels also possessing games in hand entering Saturday's schedule.

Despite the mounting rumblings of his impending dismissal, Julien - in his 10th season as Bruins' coach - knows what he can and cannot control.

"Am I worried about my job? No, I’m not. Because it’s not my job to worry about it," Julien told Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com. "My job is to fix things, and my job is to coach this team and do everything I can. If I become one of the reasons that we're not doing well, then management has to make that decision."

Boston's past week has seen the team suffer a 4-0 wipeout at the hands of the lowly Islanders and a pair of crushing defeats to the Red Wings and Blackhawks. Things don't get any easier from here on out for the Bruins, as they head to Pittsburgh to take on the red-hot Penguins on Sunday.

"I'm not quitting on this team," Julien said. "I'm not quitting on anybody. I'm not quitting on management. I'm ready and willing to go through the hard times, and I said that at the end of last year. If it's deemed my fault, then I shouldn't be here, and that's all I can say."

While times are tough for the Bruins at the moment, staying the course might be the best plan of action, as Boston has been unfathomably snake-bitten this season. Despite ranking second in the NHL in shots per game (33.9), the Bruins have the 29th-ranked team shooting percentage (6.01%).

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