Tidbits: The Wonderful Words of Bruce Boudreau

[Minnesota]

He's a great quote. Post your favorite Boudreau-isms, interviews, etc!

“Listen, I’d never had two teams interested in me in my life,’’ he said. “It’s always been one. So I didn’t know what to do. And I guess my agent made the decision.’’

Of course it wasn’t that simple. Boudreau had his say in it. As he put it: “I said, ‘If they do this, do that,’ you know?’’ he said. “And they did, so we did.’’

Got that?

The Wild did make one, signing Boudreau to a four-year deal worth just under $3 million a year.

Feel free to have general Boudreau discussion here as well.

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[Vashanesh]

I'm not going to lie, I wasn't terribly excited at the prospect of hiring BB when the rumors started flying. Him just coming off another disappointing playoff year, etc.

But I'll be damned if he hasn't grown on me. He's so damn genuine it's impossible to dislike him at this point.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

that interview/video where he says 'Yayy' when he hears Ek scored in Iowa the night before

 

[Wabit]

BB and Bryz are my favorites to watch in an interview.

 

[57special]

I would love to hear him and Jacques get together and talk hockey.

 

[FVM]

I would love to hear him and Jacques get together and talk hockey.

This needs to happen.

 

[Minnesota]

I would love to hear him and Jacques get together and talk hockey.

Jacques Lemaire's parody Twitter account almost completes that dream scenario.

 

[Minnesota]

After the Wild take 6 penalties tonight against Calgary.

 

[Wild11MN]

Hahaha, love how he was the one that brought it up in the first place.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[Minnesota]

That's great.

 

[Minnesota]

 

[tomgilbertfan]

After practice today, on reviewing the gametape from last night:

Bruce: "..but as long as we end up with the bigger number than the other team, we're OK."

 

[HollaHaula]

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Man that's a great and sad quote.

 

[Wild11MN]

Love it.

 

[FVM]

Bwahaha. Bruce is just the best.

 

[Minnesota]

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[FVM]

Talking about Gustav Olofsson:

“And here’s a guy who had no training camp, so he’s just starting to get hockey-ready,†said Boudreau. “But he looks like a typical Swede — very mobile, tall, thin and I’m sure he has good hockey sense.â€

 

[Minnesota]

Russo - Boudreau on playing the Flames after Staal breaking Gaudreau's finger:

Boudreau had some other comments this morning, again, ONLY because he was asked about it again.

"I think they’re making mountains out of molehills quite frankly because every game you watch, there’s little slashes on the hands. I don’t know, but I’ve got to believe we’re one of the least penalized teams over the years in the league, so if they think we’re targeting people’s hands, they’re nuts.

"Eric Staal has never been accused of being a goon or anything, so you've got to believe it wasn’t intentional. As to what they think, they can think what they think, ..."

 

[gphr513]

"As to what they think, they can think what they think, ..."

Poignant

 

[FVM]

 

[BagHead]

"As to what they think, they can think what they think, ..."

Poignant

Very Yogi Berra. It's impossible not to like Bruce.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Nice little Bruce bit from SportsNet.