It seems the competition for Bruce Boudreau’s coaching services has really heated up these last few days.
The Minnesota Wild have, according to reports, made a big push to land Boudreau, who was fired from the Anaheim Ducks after losing in the opening round to Nashville last week. He was scheduled to interview with the Ottawa Senators on Friday.
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Before the former Anaheim Ducks and Washington Capitals coach even left Canada’s capital city on Saturday after interviewing for the Sens’ job the day before, it’s believed the Wild extended a long-term contract offer.
General Manager Chuck Fletcher would only say Saturday that the “process is ongoing” and he doesn’t want to speculate further. Other sources, however, were optimistic Boudreau was enticed by the Wild offer, although one warned nothing was final. Boudreau had a flight scheduled back to California from Ottawa on Saturday afternoon.
Update:
Deal with Boudreau and the #mnwild being finalized. Will be a four year deal. "Not final," being told as of this second
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) May 8, 2016
The report from the Tribune also states that Minnesota’s interim coach John Torchetti, who took over after Mike Yeo was fired, interviewed for the Wild coaching job on Monday.
As for Boudreau, it became evident right away that he wanted to quickly return to coaching in the NHL after he was dismissed in Anaheim. And it seems imminent a new deal is on the way.