Confirmed with Link: Bruce Boudreau new head coach of the Wild

[Wild11MN]

Might as well put this in a new thread! Deal is 4 years, for a little under $12M.

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[ewoksonhoth]

Ladies and gentlemen... We got him.

 

[StealthClobber]

The Wild... actually made a splash?

Is this real life?

 

[BusQuets]

Nice!

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Huh.

 

[Kathryn Tappen]

Lol.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Awww yeah.

 

[keppel146]

At least he has experience!

 

[TheSauceBoss]

An entirely new coaching staff is great for the Wild. Hope Torch finds a HC job.

 

[TheeNorthStar]

FUUUUUU YES!! DAY MADE! Yes yes yes !!!!

 

[Puhis]

Tired after a long day, came home and saw this just before going to sleep. Good job. Hopefully Torch & Yeo find jobs somewhere, but this could be huge for us.

 

[BigT2002]

This. This makes me happy.

 

[Fremitus Borealis]

Bracing for the inevitable ********* when CF goes with the exact same roster next season and everyone's surprised Boudreau didn't get us the Cup

But at least that's like a year away

 

[duari91]

Congrats on getting Bruce. He did a lot for the Ducks, and I hope he can defeat his playoff deamons with the Wild. He will bring out the best in all of your players.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Really, really did not expect us to beat out Ottawa.

 

[StealthClobber]

People keep on saying that we'll win the division for sure now, but I just don't see it being that easy. Maybe it was easy for him in Anaheim because the Pacific division has been mostly trash the past couple years, but we're talking about a division with Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago and Nashville in it. It'll be a blood bath right to the end. I would honestly be surprised to see us win the division next year, but I'll gladly eat my words if we do.

 

[TaLoN]

CLEAR upgrade! Good thing we fired Yeo so this could happen!

 

[forthewild]

CLEAR upgrade! Good thing we fired Yeo so this could happen!

Good thing the Ducks fired him

 

[TaLoN]

Good thing the Ducks fired him

That too!

 

[Goose312]

People keep on saying that we'll win the division for sure now, but I just don't see it being that easy. Maybe it was easy for him in Anaheim because the Pacific division has been mostly trash the past couple years, but we're talking about a division with Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago and Nashville in it. It'll be a blood bath right to the end. I would honestly be surprised to see us win the division next year, but I'll gladly eat my words if we do.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone make that claim even once. BB has a history of improving teams. I think that's the expectation, improvement.

 

[Nevins]

Is Vanek,Pominville and others are happy?

 

[TaLoN]

Is Vanek,Pominville and others are happy?

Doesn't matter. If they can't play for BB, they shouldn't be here.

 

[keppel146]

I pray he can coach our youngsters and help them. Otherwise they just aren't the draft picks we thought they were. (Insert Denny green)

 

[HamiltonOHL]

atleast we know BB holds his players accountable.. glad we got a HC with experience cant wait until October now

 

[StealthClobber]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone make that claim even once. BB has a history of improving teams. I think that's the expectation, improvement.

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=118016671&postcount=58

Plus that entire thread is full of that kind of talk.