Bruce Boudreau

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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2017 file photo Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau watches his NHL hockey team play against the Nashville Predators in St. Paul, Minn. Boudreau is back in the playoffs with a third team, the Minnesota Wild in his debut season. For the eighth time in this unique character of a coach's nine postseason appearances, his team has one of the top two records in its conference. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,File)

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FILE - In this March 19, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Wild coach Bruce Boudreau speaks to his team during a timeout in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Longtime coach and former player Bruce Boudreau has connections in some way to every playoff team, some closer than others. “There’s a lot of pride in players that you coached,” Boudreau said .(Trevor Hagan/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau talks with a linesman during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. Their 12-game winning streak over, the Wild are trying to stay in form as they embark on a three-game West Coast road trip. For coach Boudreau's part, they've been scoring a little too much. He'd feel a lot better with 2-1 wins than 6-4 victories(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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In this Oct. 8, 2016, photo, new Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau checks the scoreboard in the first period of an NHL preseason hockey game in St. Paul, Minn. Boudreau will be behind the bench for the Minnesota Wild home opener on Saturday night, 40 years after he played in an arena on the same corner of downtown St. Paul for a WHA team called the Fighting Saints. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Bruce Boudreau, left, takes questions after he was introduced by Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher, right, as the new Wild NHL hockey team head coach during a news conference by the NHL hockey team Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)