Former Canucks Head Coach Bruce Boudreau Blasts the Vancouver Media
One of the biggest topics in the NHL this season has been the feud between the Vancouver Canucks teammates Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller.
Multiple reports confirmed that Pettersson and Miller haven't been able to get along and that it harmed the team's results.
However, some people, including Pettersson and Miller, stated that the whole thing has blown out of proportion and that nothing is going on between them.
Their former coach, Bruce Boudreau, made a massive declaration about the Vancouver media in a recent episode of the NHL Tonight: First Shift Podcast.
He stated that they make everything bigger than it is, that in almost every team, some players don't get along, and that they don't wish for the other guys to fail on the ice.
In his own words:
"Because the media in Vancouver is nuts. They take everything, and they build everything out of proportion," Boudreau said (starting 17:43).
"Every hockey player that's out there has played on a team that's not everybody has gotten along, and they've got different personalities. But once you get on the ice, you're all like you're not sitting there hoping the other guy fails. It just doesn't happen on the rope."
Boudreau was the coach of the Canucks between 2021 and 2023, and he said that he was aware of the Vancouver media's reputation before joining the organization.
"It's not just since I've been let go; this has been going on in Vancouver. When I was in Washington and in Minnesota, they say, 'Well, you think the press is bad here? Wait till you go to Vancouver and see what's going on there.' So, I mean, it's always they blow things out of proportion."
You can listen to his full declaration in the video below:
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