Bruce Boudreau uses two words to describe his transition to Anaheim over the past two weeks.
“Settling in,” he told NHL.com during a 15-minute phone interview Tuesday.
Boudreau figures he will be doing exactly that for a while as he adjusts to life on an unfamiliar coast, in a different conference, away from his family and the comfort zone he called home for four years as the successful coach of the Washington Capitals.
Wednesday’s game against Phoenix at Honda Center will be Boudreau’s sixth behind the Ducks’ bench. He’s won only one of his first five (1-3-1), a record that’s making his transition from the Capitals to the Ducks even more challenging than it was going to be for a coach coming to a last-place team less than three days after he lost what was, for all intents and purposes, his dream job….”