PART 1 – Emotional Bruce Boudreau LAST Canucks POSTGAME

BE BENCH. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE EMOTIONS YOU’RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW? . >> IT MIGHT BE BE A LONG PRESS CONFERENCE IF I DO THAT. I MEAN, IT’S … YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT’S THE END. SO WHEN YOU’VE BEEN IN IT FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, HE MEAN THE MAJORITY OF YOUR LIFE, AND IF IT’S THE END, IT’S, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO STAY OUT THERE AND JUST LOOK AT THE CROWD AND JUST TRY TO SAY, OKAY, REMEMBER THIS MOMENT-TYPE THING. AND IT’S — I NEVER HAD IT WHERE, YOU KNOW — I WAS FIRED ONCE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON. BY THE WAY THEY HAVEN’T FIRED ME YET. . >> AND GEORGE CALLED ME TO HIS HOUSE AND WE HAD A LONG TALK AND THEN THAT WAS IT. IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE PLAYERS AND THEY’RE EMOTIONAL AND I’M EMOTIONAL. IT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT STAYS WITH ME FOR MY WHOLE LIFE. I MEAN, I’VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LIKE ME IN THE PAST, BUT NOT THE WAY THE FANS HAVE BEEN — TREATED ME. IT’S JUST — THE CITY IS AMAZING. >>

BRUCE, DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE FANS. >> JUST THANK YOU. I DON’T KNOW WHAT I DID TO DESERVE IT. I’M GLAD THEY — YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, THE “THERE IT IS” CHANT I WAS WORRIED FOR THE PLAYERS,

BUT IT SURE FELT GOOD, OBVIOUSLY, YESTERDAY AND TODAY. I JUST WISH WE COULD HAVE WON ONE FOR THEM. >> DID YOU TALK TO THE GROUP RIGHT AFTER? >> YEAH. >> HOW HARD WAS THAT? >> WELL, I DIDN’T MAKE IT THROUGH TOO FAR, I CAN TELL YOU THAT. AND THEY ALL CAME INTO MY ROOM INDIVIDUALLY JUST NOW

WHICH MADE IT EVEN HARDER, SO … >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE . >> THEY TRIED THEIR HEART OUT. I THINK LAST NIGHT WAS LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE TYLER SAID, IT WAS KNOWING IT’S THE END-TYPE-THING. BUT TONIGHT THEY PLAYED THEIR ASS OFF FOR ME. AND THE OTHER COACHES. BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW THE STATUS — WE DIDN’T KNOW ANY OF THE STATUS OF WHO IS GOING, WHO IS STAYING. I’M SURE THAT WILL COME DOWN RELATIVELY SOON. SO THEY PLAYED HARD, AND I CAN’T ASK AS A COACH YOU CAN’T ASK FOR ANY MORE THAN THE PLAYERS LAYING IT

ON THE LINE FOR YOU. SO — AND THE TEXTS IN THE LAST TWO DAY