Canucks’ Hughes on Boudreau: ‘You want to run through a brick wall for him’
The Vancouver Canucks star defenceman was a kid in the mid-2000s when Bruce Boudreau patrolled the bench for the American Hockey League’s Manchester Monarchs.All these years later, and on the heels of an encouraging first act, the young blue-liner is keen to see what’s in store for the Canucks with a full season of Boudreau at the helm.
Boudreau, 67, went 32-15-10 in 57 games, good for the fifth-best points percentage in the Western Conference over that span. And while he didn’t get Vancouver into the playoffs — “There wasn’t enough runway,” Hughes said — that showing gave management faith his style was the right fit. Hughes spent the first three-plus NHL seasons of his career on his natural side, but is eager to test life on the right for a franchise that’s had difficulty filling the role with elite-level talent for some time.
“I’m on my forehand on the side and I can backwards skate and take it down the wall,” said the seventh overall pick at the 2018 NHL draft. “If a pass comes across, I can just cut in on my forehand and shoot. On the side, I have to put it on my backhand and open up — I don’t really have many options.
The Swedish centre registered just 17 points in his first 37 games before putting up 51 over the final 43 contests.
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