This season though, their start was absolutely terrible and it resulted in the firing of Boudreau.
The way the Canucks handled the situation though was even worse than how the season played out.
The other day on the Jeff Marek show, Boudreau shared that one of his players on the Canucks would consistently go to upper management and talk about the situation in Boudreau's favour:
Boudreau on Schenn: He would go upstairs and talk to management and say...
"Hey listen, what are doing? Bruce is doing a great job."
(Marek Show)� Taj (@taj1944) April 14, 2023
While Luke Schenn didn't finish the season with the Canucks either, it just goes to show that there was a big mess when players were trying to defend their coach who ended up being fired.
Boudreau has always been known as a players coach, and you will not find too many players who have anything bad to say about him.
POLL | ||
16 AVRIL | 76 ANSWERS REPORT: One player continuously went to management to try and SAVE Bruce Boudreau's job Will Boudreau be coaching next season? | ||
yes | 53 | 69.7 % |
no | 23 | 30.3 % |
List of polls |