Bruce Boudreau, the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, will always have ties to the state of Minnesota.

Bruce Boudreau, the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, will always have ties to the state of Minnesota.

Author: The Athletic December 10, 2021 Duration: 1:07:38

New Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau, despite his head still spinning, gives an hour to SFTS to discuss his new gig, his long history with new Canucks President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford. Gabby discuses the fresh start he's giving Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson, as he encourages those two Canuck players to keep shooting. Plus, Bruce marvels at how good Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller and Thatcher Demko are.

Bruce shares a hilarious story about Wayne Gretzky and a prank that his former players in Anaheim played on him. Plus Boudreau answers fan questions via twitter on his involvement in the Slap Shot movie, what he thinks of the west leading Minnesota Wild now, his coaching influences and what player he has coached that he could see behind a bench in the NHL one day.

Russo provides his weekly update on the Wild, fresh off the game in San Jose on Thursday night, and teases some exciting things coming up regarding the Athletic's Winter Classic coverage.


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