LATEST | Bruce Boudreau finally reveals whether or not he wanted the Canucks to extent J.T. Miller

Bruce Boudreau coached the Canucks for two half seasons and got both the best and the worst of them. Some thought that his relationship with Boudreau was one of the reasons they chose to replace him with Rick Tocchet. While it may have been part of the reason, it definitely wasn't because they didn't respect or like each other.

In an interview earlier, Boudreau was whether or not he was a fan of Miller and how he felt about the Canucks inking him to a long-term deal. His response says everything we need to know about how the coach felt:


Boudreau even went further and adressed Miller's recent surge as top-end two-way forward. Boudreau revealed that he knew from the get go that Miller wanted to be a part of the solution and desperately wanted to be involved in the team's success:




Everybody knows that Bruce Boudreau is an excellent coach, even at the game's highest level. However, the further we get into the season, the more evident it becomes that Tocchet was better suited to coach this young group of players.