For the first time, a Bruce Boudreau-coached team won’t have home ice advantage in a playoff series

[c9777666]

6 playoff series in Washington, 7 playoff series in Anaheim, last year in Minnesota.

Now, Boudreau will be in the rare and unusual position of starting a series on the road and not a favorite.

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[Hank Plank]

Maybe that's the tonic needed. Probably not.

 

[ColePens]

Play the underdog role and actually coach a good playoff series and he may even actually succeed once. Or worst case he can just have wing sauce on his mouth and end up losing again.

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Brucey is a beauty.

 

[Barrie22]

Maybe he can get out of the 2nd round again finally.

 

[Not So Mighty]

True, but even from his own mouth he said we were the underdog to the Kings in 2014. I definitely felt that way that year. Probably to the Hawks in 2015 too.

Hell, no one even gave us a chance against the 2015 Jets either. Nearly every "expert" took the Jets to win.

 

[libertarian]

6 playoff series in Washington, 7 playoff series in Anaheim, last year in Minnesota.

Now, Boudreau will be in the rare and unusual position of starting a series on the road and not a favorite.

Does this mean he will win his first game 7?

 

[c9777666]

Does this mean he will win his first game 7?

He actually won a game 7 in 2009.

 

[Kale Hulls]

He can't make adjustments.

 

[libertarian]

He actually won a game 7 in 2009.

Actually I knew that. It was a joke. His teams have loss so many game 7 that it seem appropriate. Next time I'll use a emoji.

 

[Jets 31]

Hopefully he doesn't get too red , every time i see him i worry about the guy .

 

[Bananas]

It’s about damn time...

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

I mean .. it can only get better for him

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Maybe that's the tonic needed. Probably not.

He just doesn't know how to make adjustments when the other team plans for his team. I have no confidence Minnesota will make it out of the first round.

 

[123TripleDoge]

He just doesn't know how to make adjustments when the other team plans for his team. I have no confidence Minnesota will make it out of the first round.

Not BB's fault they lost Suter...

 

[Nharris31]

True, but even from his own mouth he said we were the underdog to the Kings in 2014. I definitely felt that way that year. Probably to the Hawks in 2015 too.

Hell, no one even gave us a chance against the 2015 Jets either. Nearly every "expert" took the Jets to win.

Same thing with the Wild this year. But it’s expected nobody ever thinks the Wild is going to make the playoffs either so..

 

[HanSolo]

Not BB's fault they lost Suter...

That's irrelevant to BB's wearkness as a playoff coach.

 

[rynryn]

favorite to underdog
loser to winner.

here's hoping.

 

[Fire Benning]

This probably means nothing.

 

[Revelation]

I don't think he knows the difference between home and away, I've never seen him match lines once or ever counter the other team with adjustments

 

[John Matthews]

6 playoff series in Washington, 7 playoff series in Anaheim, last year in Minnesota.

Now, Boudreau will be in the rare and unusual position of starting a series on the road and not a favorite.

First time he wins the cup too?

 

[123TripleDoge]

That's irrelevant to BB's wearkness as a playoff coach.

Which isn't relevant to the quote I responded to.

 

[Jtown]

one of the most underrated coaches of all time.